Starting center Eric Heitmann broke his left fibula during this morning's practice, according to a source with knowledge of the injury. The fibula is the smaller and more slender of the two bones in the lower leg. The 49ers are cfreaking to see if there is any ankle damage associated with the injury, if there isn't, Heitmann is expected to be out from six to eight weeks. With Heitmann likely to miss a few games early this season, David Baas and Tony Wragge will compete for the starting job at that position. Source: SacramentoBee
Wow not good. Seems like niner fans are seeing both positives and negatives to this. Obvious Heitmann is a very smart expericned center so losing him hurts there. However, Whoever replaces him is going to add another massive body to that oline making an already large line even bigger.
