Eagles' Cole Making Impression on QBs

Eagles' Cole Making Impression on QBs

Quick now, through Week 3 who leads the league in sacks? NFL Nation meet Philadelphia Eagles third-year defensive end Trent Cole, current holder of that honor with five, which by the way, is a higher total than an entire eight teams now have.

Cole and the Eagles flexed their muscle as never before in pummeling the Detroit Lions 56-21 Sunday, registering an astonishing nine sacks along the way. "It starts up front and we want that [responsibility] of getting things done up front," Cole told the Philly Inquirer. "They can't justworry about me because we've got Juqua Thomas, Jevon Kearse, Brodrick Bunkley, Darren Howard, and Mike Patterson. That would be the wrong thing to do, to key on one person."

An ecstatic defensive coordinator Jim Johnson was willing to elaborate even a bit further. "Pressure makes a big difference," he said. "If you can get that pressure, it makes those guys [in the secondary] look a lot better. We knew we had to blitz sometimes, but sometimes we rushed three guys and got pretty good pressure."

That's not so surprising, given the talents of Cole and his emerging posse. "He's relentless," continued Johnson. "When you watch the film of him, you see he has a high motor and great leverage as far as pass rushing. He's young, he's got fresh legs, and he keeps coming after you.”

NFL Nation meet Trent Cole, the man opposing quarterbacks haven't had much of a say in often coming face to face with.

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