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Houston Texans gauged offensive tackle market well with Laremy Tunsil’s extension

Houston Texans, Laremy Tunsil (Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images)

The Houston Texans and Laremy Tunsil may have both won the offseason with their ability to strike out a beneficial deal for both sides.

The Houston Texans and Laremy Tunsil agreed to a deal that would make the former 13th overall pick of the 2016 NFL Draft the highest-paid offensive tackle in the league by a big margin. Before Tunsil inked his new deal, the highest-paid offensive tackle was Lane Johnson earning an average of $18 million per year. Tunsil blew that comparison out of the water by earning $4 million more at $22 million per year.