Please Help...question on opponent CPU defenders big hitting my WRs forcing knockouts

jimshredder said:

Im not talking about the abilities related to Zone KO or Route KO

But I will throw passes to WRs with good "catch in traffic" ratings, and my opponents CPU defender will big hit them and force an imcompletion

And I know its a big hit, because they do that goofy "big hit" celebration animation...and I also know it the CPU defenders doing that and not the user

How  do you make my own CPU defenders do this?

All my DBs have "play ball aggressive trait" and most are big hitters...Ronnie Lott, Eric Berry, Stephen Boyd

Are you throwing a bunch of high point (L1) passes to your receivers?  That stuff worked almost every single time back in `23, but the game has changed.  If you are accustomed to throwing a bunch of high balls to big bodies receivers, you'll need to retrain your play style this cycle.  And be sure you are pass leading your receivers.  Defense is extremely difficult this year, as receivers will basically catch anything and everything that comes near them, although i do see various knock out and pass breakup animations all the darn time.  As far as the "big hit" stuff, that's a bit more rare, at least in my limited experience.

If you want to make your own CPU controlled players do this, have you changed your coaching adjustments?  There's both Strip Ball & Tackling.  If you set the Tackling = AGGRESSIVE, you should start to see your guys trying to knock opponents to the ground more often.  Be careful if you set Strip Ball to Aggressive, as you'll start to see a bunch of facemask penalties.  And the drawback of Tackling also being on Aggressive is that your dudes have the potential to get juked out more easily.  Good luck, YMMV.