Colts' Xavien Howard on ex-Dolphins teammate Tua: We knew he'd go into 'panic mode'

"He gets the ball out pretty quick, and once we take away his first read, I feel like it's panic mode after that. And it showed (Sunday)."

"Just a throw I sailed on Tyreek. I maybe hung on to it a little longer, probably should've progressed on that. My feet were telling me to progress on that. Probably would've had Jaylen (Waddle) on that throw."

"We don't want to overreact. We don't want to underreact to this. We want to get this right so we make sure this never happens again."

Xavien Howard, now with the Colts, said taking away Tua Tagovailoa's first read forced panic and helped produce multiple turnovers in the season opener. The Colts defeated the Dolphins 33-8, with Tagovailoa throwing two interceptions and losing a fumble on a strip-sack that Howard recovered. The first interception came on a high pass intended for Tyreek Hill, followed by a fumble forced by Kenny Moore and an interception by Laiatu Latu early in the second half. Tagovailoa acknowledged the mistakes, described a missed progression and expressed a desire to correct the errors.

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