Strength and weight affect LBs for sure. Speed is lessened over carries for RBs, over catches for WRs, etc. Strength does matter for LBs as it helps shed blocks and is used (among other stats) to determine if a tackle is a missed tackle or not.
DTs get more bang for their buck per speed attribute than DEs. Speed is lowered upon sacks, so effective linemen get less effective as the game goes on.
The sim does things to prevent too much dominance by 1 player.
I really suspect that as mentioned it's a combination of the team and the player that is causing high tackling stats. It would be pretty easy to do some test sims to confirm, but unfortunately I don't have a license. Just throw a roughly equal TPE LB in Vern's spot and run the sim a bunch vs with Vern in his spot.
DTs get more bang for their buck per speed attribute than DEs. Speed is lowered upon sacks, so effective linemen get less effective as the game goes on.
The sim does things to prevent too much dominance by 1 player.
I really suspect that as mentioned it's a combination of the team and the player that is causing high tackling stats. It would be pretty easy to do some test sims to confirm, but unfortunately I don't have a license. Just throw a roughly equal TPE LB in Vern's spot and run the sim a bunch vs with Vern in his spot.
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