Still, DRC hopes to shine Sunday.
"I do have a little chip on my shoulder. This is a team that traded me," he said, but acknowledged that, as a nickel corner, he is not in the best position. "Am I mad? Yeah, I would like to be outside."
The Eagles moved DRC inside because he plays alongside fellow newcomer Nnamdi Asomugha, who has a headier pedigree, and Asante Samuel, an irretrievable ballhawk.
DRC plays in front of second-year safeties Kurt Coleman and Nate Allen, who have 26 starts between them; and with linebackers Jamar Chaney and Brian Rolle, who have 15 starts between them.
Finally, DRC plays for Juan Castillo, who has been a defensive coordinator for eight games.
After continuous WTF incidents, it shows, DRC said:
"There's a lot of communication errors, I can tell you that," he said. "Certain combinations coming out, and then you don't get the [defensive] call out in time. And then when the plays come, it's too late to get [the call] out."
Several times Monday night the Eagles scrambled to get the right defensive personnel on the field against the Bears.
Repeatedly, as DRC noted, players betrayed their coverage schemes before the snap. Sometimes, they simply did not mesh fluidly.
DRC, who blew coverages and missed tackles, erupted at Castillo and his teammates on the sideline late in the game, which was his worst as an Eagle.
It was more than 3 months since he was asked to acclimate himself to the slot. He has not.
"At the nickel, it's a lot of thinking. Any time as a player, you go into the game and you're always thinking, you tend to play slower," he said. "In some calls, I'm a little confused."
