Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Trent Cole is terrorizing NFL quarterbacks this season like Jason Voorhees. And much like the villain in the horror movie Friday The 13th, Cole is showing no signs of letting up when it comes to stalking his prey. However, in this case it's opposing quarterbacks.

Cole recorded his sixth sack of the season on Sunday against the New York Jets, putting him in a four-way tie with Chiefs DE Jared Allen, Cardinals Defensive tackle Darnell Dockett and Seahawks outside linebacker Julian Peterson for second place on the sack list behind Giants DE Osi Umenyiora, who leads the league with seven.

In six games, in a limited role, Cole has flattened the quarterback and Defensive Coordinator Jim Johnson admits that it's a tough decision to keep him off the field because he's playing so well. "Yeah, but we're still going to rotate," Johnson said. You don't want him playing 60 or 70 plays. He's just going to have to have a rest every once in a while."

Cole doesn't mind the rotation and is settling into his role nicely on defense.

"I think it benefits me. It was hard at first, but I've gotten use to it. It's been great how well the rotations are going because everybody is fresh. It keeps me fresh where I can go 100 percent and do some real damage," he said.

Johnson also talked about how much Cole has improved since his rookie year.

"I think he's a guy that's been working. On the pass-rush techniques, he's done a good job with them. Every year he gets a little better. He gets a little more ammunition with his pass-rush skills, and he's using them all right now. He's giving good effort, but also he's doing some counter moves and good things in the pass rush."

The 6-3, 270 pound pass-rusher is playing like a man on a mission and is doing his part to help the Eagles win some ball games. Cole is a very humble guy and has high expectations when it comes to his productivity on the field. He set the bar high this year with a couple of goals. One is to tally double-digit sacks the other is being selected to the Pro Bowl.

"I am going to give voters every reason to vote me to the Pro Bowl," Cole said.

Linebacker Takeo Spikes is one teammate who believes that Cole can achieve these goals. Here's what the linebacker had to say when asked whether he sees Cole as a Pro Bowler.

"Yeah! Out of all the other defensive ends that I played with, his preparation skills, he's doing the little extra things. I listen to him a lot, not necessarily when he's talking to me but when he's talking to his coach or the other guys on the defensive front. (He's) talking about his opponent. Right there you know that he's spending the time studying his opponent, trying to find out the little key points, the snap count. If we're playing at home, (he's talking about) the silent snap count that the centers use," Spikes said.

I can recall a conversation I had with Cole just after the 2005 draft when he was selected by the Eagles in the fifth-round. Cole said 'I want to make all the teams who passed on me sorry that they did.' Well, I think many of them are, now that Cole is sackin 'em up like Mikesell's. Simply put, the Eagles got first-round value in the fifth-round.

You don't hear too much about Trent Cole, but you will as he continues to wreak havoc on NFL quarterbacks.

Don't blame McNabb

Although Cole has a blatant dislike for quarterbacks he was quick to jump to the defense of teammate QB Donovan McNabb when asked about all the negative talk of late that surrounds the Pro Bowler this season.

"I think a lot of it is not his fault," Cole said. "The whole team has been through some things like this and he knows how to recover from negative things like this and not let it get to him. He just needs to keep pushing forward and do the great things he's capable of doing. Donovan has remained positive in the locker room despite what is being said."