How do I avoid blocked kicks?

Note: Everything in this question is about playing against the computer.

I've been playing Madden regularly for more than a decade. In every previous edition, blocked kicks were so rare as to be essentially impossible. I don't think I had ever had a PAT attempt blocked in all that time.

Now, my kicks get blocked quite regularly. Most of the time the computer just calls the Safe Man play when defending my kicks, which you can identify based on the way the edge rushers just play contain, rather than actually rushing the kicker. But, almost every single time they actually even attempt to block it, they succeed.

In real life, a good way to avoid having a kick blocked is to kick it at a high angle. In this game, I will put the kick at the highest possible angle, and still get it blocked every time.

Is there some way to avoid this?