I suspect the 2.7 Badlands has a very soft off throttle map due to its focus as a rock crawler. Sport mode changes that of course. Maybe you should do your comparo against a 2.3 Badlands - both in normal drive mode.
IMO Mostly baitfish lately on the Dunedin causeway. It’s notgood fishing if the dolphins aren’t pushing bigger fish toward the beach. Haven’t seen a dolphin (maybe technically a porpoise right) in last two weeks