Overview
- Tunsil tore his right triceps during a one-on-one pass-rush rep on Saturday and the team confirmed on Monday that he will have surgery and is out indefinitely.
- Head coach Dan Quinn named Brandon Coleman the starting left tackle and said the team will evaluate internal and external options to fill the vacancy.
- No firm recovery timeline was given and multiple reports say the injury could sideline Tunsil for a significant portion of the 2026 season or longer.
- Washington’s short list of in-house replacements includes Andrew Wylie and Josh Conerly, while veteran free agents such as Taylor Decker and Cam Robinson remain the most realistic outside targets.
- Tunsil signed a two-year, $60.2 million extension in March that made him the league’s highest-paid offensive tackle, so his absence has both on-field and roster-construction consequences for the Commanders and for Jayden Daniels’ protection plans.