Commanders Made Four Roster Moves

In corresponding moves, Washington signed veterans DT Shy Tuttle and CB Fabian Moreau to the active roster.

Tunsil recently signed a two-year, $60.2 million extension back in March but will miss significant time this season due to undergoing surgery on a torn triceps.

Tunsil, 31, is a former first-round pick of the Dolphins back in 2016. He was entering the final year of his four-year, $12,457,650 rookie contract and set to make a base salary of $2,148,771 for the 2019 season when the Dolphins picked up his fifth-year option. 

The Dolphins traded Tunsil to the Texans in 2019, and he later agreed to a three-year, $66 million contract with Houston that included $50 million guaranteed. He re-signed to a three-year, $75 million extension in March of 2022. 

Tunsil was due base salaries of $20.95 million in each of the final two years of his deal. He was traded to Washington last offseason with a 2025 fourth-round pick for a 2025 third-round pick, a 2025 seventh-round pick, a 2026 second-round pick, and a 2026 fourth-round pick. 

In 2025, Tunsil appeared in 14 games for the Commanders and made 14 starts at left tackle.