I guess that depends on the approach we presume they are taking. If they are using the current consoles as the primary focus and then porting that stuff over to new gen than I can get what you are saying. If on the other hand, at this point they are using the new consoles as the primary focus and adding however much of that into the current consoles they can than that's a different story. This is completely a layman's take because I have no knowledge of video game development but maybe what they learned from the last consoles switch was to set goals based on the new hardware and implement as much of that in the old hardware as possible instead of vice versa or trying to build two completely different versions.
From the info that was been trickling out since Cam Weber, Kolbe and others joined the EA football team, the new consoles seem to be a big focus, so I would think the ghost teams have been hard at work for these new consoles for some time now. Maybe I am setting myself up for disappointment but I expect that an EA football game for the new consoles even this year would be far and away more fleshed out than those on the current consoles. With things like a wrap up show, living sidelines/crowds, improved physics, etc, because I picture the current consoles games as being little brothers to the new consoles already, like NCAA has been to Madden this gen. Meaning tech and features that are slated as the future on the current consoles, being able to be added now for the new consoles.
I am betting they wait until October or November to even release core info about EA football on the new consoles, to not diminish hype for M25 on the current consoles. No way I can see myself purchasing an EA football game for these consoles before I see if they will be released for the new consoles and if so, what that looks like. With the way EA marketing works, I can see in Oct-Nov, the devs for the new consoles admitting how bad or lacking __ was compared to how it is on the new consoles, lol. Milk every dollar they can out of gamers for EA football games on the the current consoles, then turn around and tout EA football on the new consoles as a must have for this holiday season.