SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Quarterback Brock Purdy was slated to miss practice on Tuesday as he deals with a toe injury that sidelined him for two games earlier this season and his status for the San Francisco 49ers' game on Thursday night against the Los Angeles Rams remains in question.
Purdy returned to the field on Sunday and reported soreness in the injured toe following a 26-21 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars. He hasn't been able to practice yet this week and has little time to heal with a short week before the game.
“Thursday night football games, they come quick,” he said. “Anything can happen. But I’m so hopeful that I can. We’ll see.”
Purdy said he felt a lot better than he did after first injuring the toe in the season opener against Seattle. He missed the next two games before returning last week. He said he was told there would be some soreness again if he played but doesn't regret his decision to get back on the field.
He said he would like to play if he is cleared by the doctors to go and he feels healthy enough.
“If I can play this game, I’m going to play,” he said. "Obviously, I want to get right and get healthy and everything. But we need to win this game against the Rams. So that’s how I’m looking at it.
The 49ers will issue an official injury report on Wednesday but general manager John Lynch told flagship radio station KNBR that Purdy will be listed as questionable.
“We always look into everything for all of our players, so we will take every precaution to make sure that Brock’s all right,” Lynch said. “I think he is. Now it’s just a matter of can he turn it around on a short week?”
Purdy struggled at time against the Jaguars, missing several throws high. He went 22 for 38 for 309 yards and two touchdowns but also had two interceptions and lost a fumble on a potential game-winning drive late in the fourth quarter.
Purdy said he wasn't sure what impact the injury had on his performance.
“I missed the throws on film and everything, but is it something that had to do with my toe and what not? I couldn’t tell you at this point,” he said.
Starting receivers Ricky Pearsall (knee) and Jauan Jennings (ribs, ankle) also didn't practice on Tuesday and likely will be questionable for the game.
Receiver Jordan Watkins (calf) and defensive end Robert Beal (ankle) also missed practice, while defensive lineman Yetur Gross-Matos (knee), cornerback Renardo Green (neck), linebacker Dee Winters (knee) and defensive linemen Mykel Williams (wrist) and C.J. West were limited.
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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy speaks at a news conference after an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Santa Clara, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
San Francisco 49ers' Brock Purdy (13), lower left, pounds his fist into the turf after his fumble in the final minutes of an NFL football game was recovered by the Jacksonville Jaguars in Santa Clara, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (Carlos Avila Gonzalez/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (13) passes as Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Emmanuel Ogbah (90) applies pressure during the first half of an NFL football game in Santa Clara, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces in the Caribbean Sea have seized another sanctioned oil tanker that the Trump administration says has ties to Venezuela, part of a broader U.S. effort to take control of the South American country’s oil.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote on social media that the U.S. Coast Guard had boarded the Motor Tanker Veronica early Thursday. She said the ship had previously passed through Venezuelan waters and was operating in defiance of President Donald Trump’s "established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean.”
U.S. Southern Command said Marines and sailors launched from the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to take part in the operation alongside a Coast Guard tactical team, which Noem said conducted the boarding as in previous raids. The military said the ship was seized “without incident.”
Noem posted a brief video that appeared to show part of the ship’s capture. The black-and-white footage showed helicopters hovering over the deck of a merchant vessel while armed troops dropped down on the deck by rope.
The Veronica is the sixth sanctioned tanker seized by U.S. forces as part of the effort by Trump’s administration to control the production, refining and global distribution of Venezuela’s oil products and the fourth since the U.S. ouster of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro in a surprise nighttime raid almost two weeks ago.
The Veronica last transmitted its location on Jan. 3 as being at anchor off the coast of Aruba, just north of Venezuela’s main oil terminal. According to the data it transmitted at the time, it was partially filled with crude.
The ship is currently listed as flying the flag of Guyana and is considered part of the shadow fleet that moves cargoes of oil in violation of U.S. sanctions.
According to its registration data, the ship also has been known as the Galileo, owned and managed by a company in Russia. In addition, a tanker with the same registration number previously sailed under the name Pegas and was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department for moving cargoes of illicit Russian oil.
As with prior posts about such raids, Noem and the military framed the seizure as part of an effort to enforce the law. Noem argued that the multiple captures show that “there is no outrunning or escaping American justice.”
However, other officials in Trump's Republican administration have made clear that they see the actions as a way to generate cash as they seek to rebuild Venezuela’s battered oil industry and restore its economy.
Trump met with executives from oil companies last week to discuss his goal of investing $100 billion in Venezuela to repair and upgrade its oil production and distribution. His administration has said it expects to sell at least 30 million to 50 million barrels of sanctioned Venezuelan oil.
This story has been corrected to show the Veronica is the fourth, not the third, tanker seized by U.S. forces since Maduro's capture.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a press conference, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks at a news conference at Harry Reid International Airport, Nov. 22, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ronda Churchill, File)
