Jayden Daniels is about to have a new blindside protector. After six seasons with the Texans, Laremy Tunsil is on the move. The Commanders are acquiring the Pro Bowl left tackle, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports.
Washington will send second-, third- and fourth-round picks to Houston in the swap, NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport reports. The second- and fourth-rounders look to be in the future, while the third-round choice comes in 2025, Rapoport adds. The Commanders will also take a fourth-rounder back from the Texans.
Courtesy of The Athletic’s Dianna Russini, here are the full trade terms:
Commanders receive:
Tunsil
2025 fourth-round pick
Texans receive:
2025 third-round pick
2025 seventh-rounder
2026 second
2026 fourth
Tunsil, 30, has seen five Pro Bowl invites come his way. Never an All-Pro, Tunsil is certainly paid like one. The former Dolphins first-round pick secured two top-market contracts from the Texans, the current deal checking in at three years, $75MM. Two seasons remain on Tunsil’s contract.
Monday’s agreement marks Tunsil’s second time being traded. The Dolphins, as they gutted their roster during a then-controversial 2019 rebuild effort, obtained two first-round picks for sending Tunsil to Houston. The Texans had Tunsil in place protecting **Deshaun Watson**‘s blindside for two years, but the Pro Bowl quarterback’s off-field trouble (and a trade request) ended that partnership soon. Tunsil, however, has served as a key part of **C.J. Stroud**‘s development.
The Texans did draft Blake Fisher in the 2024 second round, and the team has Tytus Howard — who has shuffled between tackle and guard during his career — as a right tackle option. A tackle duo including Howard and Fisher would make sense for the Texans, but they suddenly would have multiple guard needs if they went in that direction. Houston released Shaq Mason this weekend.
More to come.