Laremy Tunsil

The Houston Texans placed Laremy Tunsil on injured reserve on Saturday.

Fantasy Impact

Tunsil suffered the thumb injury last week and will undergo surgery. He is expected to miss several weeks.

Houston Texans left tackle Laremy Tunsil will have surgery for a torn UCL in his thumb and will miss about a month of action.

Fantasy Impact

Tunsil was hopeful that he would be able to play through the injury but will wind up getting the surgery. He is expected to be sidelined for four weeks after injuring the thumb against the New England Patriots. Geron Christian will likely draw the start in Tunsil's absence. Tunsil being sidelined is bad news for Brandin Cooks, Mark Ingram, and the entire Texans offense.

The Texans have activated offensive lineman Laremy Tunsil from the Reserve/COVID-19 list.

Fantasy Impact

Tunsil has missed significant time since testing positive for COVID-19 prior to the Houston's preseason opener against Green Bay. However, he returned to action on Monday by participating in the Texans' walkthrough practice. The 27-year-old saw the field for 83.4 percent of snaps last season, which was actually the lowest such mark of his career.

Houston Texans LT Laremy Tunsil has reportedly agreed to restructure his 2021 salary into a $990K base with a $15.16M signing bonus to create $10.11M in cap space for the Texans in 2021, per NFL Network's Ian Rapoport.

Fantasy Impact

Tunsil converted his original base salary for 2021 into a signing bonus worth $15.16 million and will also receive his original $13 million signing bonus prorated across 2022 and 2023. This move allows the Texans to continue pursuing free agents in what appears to be a massive rebuild under new GM Nick Caserio. Regardless of who winds up starting under center for Houston this season, Tunsil's massive presence on the blind-side will certainly be a commodity. More help will be needed through free agency and the draft in order to improve one of the league's worst offensive lines in 2020.

Texans LT Laremy Tunsil (ankle) will not play in Sunday's Week 17 contest against the Titans.

Fantasy Impact

Tunsil was unable to practice this week and has been ruled out for Sunday's game aginst the Titans. His absence only downgrades star QB Deshaun Watson and the Texans offense. RT Roderick Johnson will shift to LT and rookie OL Charlie Heck will draw his first NFL start while Tunsil is sidelined.