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The Houston Texans underwent a remarkable turnaround under first-year head coach DeMeco Ryans.
After a 3-13-1 record in 2022, the Texans went 10-7 and won the AFC South to return to the NFL playoffs in 2023.
A big part of that was superstar left tackle Laremy Tunsil, who protects the blindside of star rookie quarterback CJ Stroud.
Tunsil, however, has dealt with injuries for much of his career. And he suffered another on Saturday when he got rolled up on during an extra point following a Houston touchdown.
Laremy Tunsil –
Likely Left MCL sprain. Seemed minor but enough for him to know something was off within the knee.
Concern for ACL is there, but I don’t think there was enough impact to cause that.The hope would be just a mild MCL sprain that he can play through. pic.twitter.com/6p6WI2F6Io
— Jeff Mueller, PT, DPT (@jmthrivept) January 13, 2024
Which led fans across the internet to rally around and all ask the same question: why was Tunsil, perhaps your team’s most valuable player, in on extra point situations?
Why is Tunsil playing on the kick?
— Josh (@PapaShowtime) January 13, 2024
https://twitter.com/PhilipTortora/status/1746294597171429629
Why is Tunsil in on a XP attempt? Y’all need him!! 🤦🏽♂️
— Christian Watson (@cwatson03) January 13, 2024
Why is Jeremy Tunsil on the FG/XP team?
— Bobby Gosnell (@SportsGuyGURU) January 13, 2024
Why tf is Laremy Tunsil on XP 🤦♂️
— Cocky Kyle Shanahan (@CoachKShanahan) January 13, 2024
Tunsil missed the following possession, with right tackle George Fant moving over to replace him.
Thankfully for the Texans, he returned on the possession after that. But Ryans may want to re-evaluate how he uses his star left tackle going forward.