{"id":34369,"date":"2026-08-09T10:31:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T05:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=34369"},"modified":"2026-08-09T10:31:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T05:31:16","slug":"commanders-suffer-brutal-blow-with-injury-to-laremy-tunsil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=34369","title":{"rendered":"Commanders Suffer Brutal Blow With Injury to Laremy Tunsil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph-module-scss-module__0ovlkG__blockParagraph\" blockindex=\"0\" articletitle=\"Commanders Suffer Brutal Blow With Injury to Laremy Tunsil\">The Washington Commanders suffered a brutal blow during practice on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-module-scss-module__0ovlkG__blockParagraph\" blockindex=\"1\" articletitle=\"Commanders Suffer Brutal Blow With Injury to Laremy Tunsil\">Laremy Tunsil, the five-time Pro Bowl offensive tackle who started 14 games in 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikeGarafolo\/status\/2086244241269797046?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suffered a torn triceps<\/a> during one-on-one pass-rush drills and will require surgery, according to NFL Media&#8217;s Mike Garafolo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-module-scss-module__0ovlkG__blockParagraph\" blockindex=\"2\" articletitle=\"Commanders Suffer Brutal Blow With Injury to Laremy Tunsil\">Tunsil is expected to miss a significant portion of the regular season, if not all of it.<\/p>\n<section class=\"RelatedStoriesV2-module-scss-module__Hqo30W__container\" data-gtm-action=\"Read_More\" data-variant=\"v2\" data-loading=\"true\" aria-busy=\"true\" aria-label=\"Loading related stories\">\n<p><h4 class=\"RelatedStoriesV2-module-scss-module__Hqo30W__headlineText\"><span class=\"RelatedStoriesV2-module-scss-module__Hqo30W__headlinePrefix\">Read More<!-- --> on <\/span><span>NFL<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ImageBlock-module-scss-module__rUGLEG__container\">\n<div class=\"ImageBlock-module-scss-module__rUGLEG__imageContainer\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%\"><img id=\"12301226\" alt=\"Laremy Tunsil #78 of the Washington Commanders drops back to block during an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks at Northwest Stadium on November 2, 2025 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Perry Knotts\/Getty Images)\" caption=\"Laremy Tunsil #78 of the Washington Commanders drops back to block during an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks at Northwest Stadium on November 2, 2025 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Perry Knotts\/Getty Images)\" credit=\"\" sourcealt=\"\" sourceimage=\"Getty Images\" sources=\"[]\" blockindex=\"4\" articletitle=\"Commanders Suffer Brutal Blow With Injury to Laremy Tunsil\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"4032\" height=\"2268\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;aspect-ratio:inherit;object-fit:cover\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 640px) 680px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.newsweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Laremy-Tunsil.jpg?w=640&amp;quality=80&amp;webp=1 640w, https:\/\/assets.newsweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Laremy-Tunsil.jpg?w=750&amp;quality=80&amp;webp=1 750w, https:\/\/assets.newsweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Laremy-Tunsil.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=80&amp;webp=1 1000w, https:\/\/assets.newsweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Laremy-Tunsil.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=80&amp;webp=1 1200w, https:\/\/assets.newsweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Laremy-Tunsil.jpg?w=1360&amp;quality=80&amp;webp=1 1360w, https:\/\/assets.newsweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Laremy-Tunsil.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=80&amp;webp=1 1600w\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.newsweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Laremy-Tunsil.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=80&amp;webp=1\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-module-scss-module__0ovlkG__blockParagraph\" blockindex=\"6\" articletitle=\"Commanders Suffer Brutal Blow With Injury to Laremy Tunsil\">Garafolo initially suggested that there wasn&#8217;t &#8220;huge panic&#8221; within the organization, though there probably should have been considering the fact that testing revealed a serious injury just hours after the veteran left practice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-module-scss-module__0ovlkG__blockParagraph\" blockindex=\"7\" articletitle=\"Commanders Suffer Brutal Blow With Injury to Laremy Tunsil\">The Commanders will now be left scrambling to figure out how they will successfully protect quarterback Jayden Daniels, who missed double-digit games with knee, hamstring, and elbow injuries last season. Andrew Wylie will likely be first up at left tackle, with Josh Conerly holding down right tackle alongside right guard Sam Cosmi, center Nick Allegretti, and left guard Chris Paul.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-module-scss-module__0ovlkG__blockParagraph\" blockindex=\"8\" articletitle=\"Commanders Suffer Brutal Blow With Injury to Laremy Tunsil\" id=\"artend_links\">Tunsil signed a two-year, $60.2 million contract extension in March.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Commanders suffered a brutal blow during practice on Saturday. Laremy Tunsil, the five-time Pro Bowl offensive tackle who started 14 games in 2025, suffered a torn triceps during one-on-one pass-rush drills and will require surgery, according to NFL Media&#8217;s Mike Garafolo. Tunsil is expected to miss a significant portion of the regular season,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/assets.newsweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Laremy-Tunsil.jpg?w=1200&crop=1","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsweek-trending"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}