Commanders left tackle Laremy Tunsil delivered in his first season with Washington. His teammates think so. Now it’s up to the front office to show how much (All Pro Reels)
ASHBURN, Va. — If Adam Peters wants market research before negotiating a contract extension with Laremy Tunsil, Washington’s general manager might consider walking into the locker room with a simple question:
If you could only vote one Commanders teammate to the Pro Bowl, who gets your ballot?
Based on those findings, the left tackle might get all the money.
During the final stretch of the 2025 season, Last Man Standig surveyed 29 Commanders players with six open-ended questions, ranging from which player warranted accolades to how the team can rebound in 2026. Players answered candidly, in their own words. This is the third installment.
Peters didn’t need locker-room validation to understand Tunsil’s value. By the time he learned voters denied the tackle selection number six, the general manager made clear where he stood.
“Incredibly hard worker, and then on the field, I thought [Laremy] was one of the better left tackles, if not the best in the league,” Peters said at his season-ending press conference in January with head coach Dan Quinn. “He didn’t get recognition for the Pro Bowl, which I was disappointed in, but if you look at the metrics, he did a great job.”
Dings exist with Peters’ 2025 offseason: depth limitations and the league’s oldest roster, for starters. Don’t even think of putting the trade for Tunsil on the list despite Washington’s 5-12 season.
The price was steep; Washington sent the Houston Texans a 2025 third and seventh rounders, plus a second and fourth in this year’s draft, for Tunsil and a 2025 fourth.
Unlike the 2025 deadline deal for cornerback Marshon Lattimore, this one paid off. Tunsil, a 2016 first-round pick by the Dolphins, believes 2025 was his best NFL season.
Now, the Commanders must pay up.
Tunsil, 32, enters the final season of a three-year, $75 million extension he signed with the Texans. He is slated to earn $20.95 million in salary with a $24.9 million salary cap charge. Star players on expiring contracts often receive new terms for additional years and more money before their current contracts expire.
That’s been the expectation from the moment Peters made the trade last March. Tunsil, allowing only 11 hurries and two sacks in 14 games, solidified that belief. Nobody with Washington wants a lengthy holdout for a second consecutive year.
“I think what I can say is we definitely want to get something done with him and sooner rather than later,” Peters said.
Last Man Standig Reader Survey — 2026 Offseason
Don’t expect dissent from inside the locker room.
In a season filled with uneven results and limited national recognition, players inside the building were far less conflicted. Tunsil received 11.5 votes in my end-of-season survey — nearly triple the next closest teammate — with most votes submitted before the actual Pro Bowl rosters were announced.
The final tally:
Laremy Tunsil — 11.5
Bobby Wagner — 4
Tress Way — 3
Jeremy Reaves — 2.5
Chris Paul — 2
Others receiving votes: Percy Butler, Jacory Croskey-Merritt/Chris Rodriguez, Zach Ertz, Jaylin Lane, Terry McLaurin