But player A's game shape isn't horrible (it's respectable), so it's more that player B would be getting a performance boost rather than player A getting a penalty. Perhaps player B now has all skills close to 8? While player A has has all 7s except the 10s in PA & OD.
Agreed.
And If your playing Base Offense against Base Offense and these guys were SF's. I would go with Player B, because he will be the better all around player, which is needed for Base Offense.