In Week 7 of the 2025–2026 NFL season, NBC gave Sunday Night Football viewers a closer look at the injury keeping San Francisco quarterback Brock Purdy off the field.
During the Atlanta Falcons vs. San Francisco 49ers game, sideline reporter Kaylee Hartung described Purdy’s turf toe injury, sharing a 3D anatomical animation created by the Arthrex medical visualization team, helping to educate fans on the common football condition and its impact. The animation aired as Purdy was listed as “inactive for the fifth game this season.”
To learn more about turf toe and how it can be treated, check out our Turf Toe series on Instagram, where Norman E. Waldrop, III, MD, of Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center in Birmingham, AL, answers commonly asked questions about this complex injury that continues to make headlines in the NFL.