The injury came on a play where Jeff Garcia appeared to have thrown an interception. Fiore tried to go make a tackle, but ended up on the ground instead. Mariucci challenged the ruling of there being an interception on the field, and won, so the irony of Fiore’s injury, is that the play which he was trying to stop - won’t even go down in the game statistics.

Fiore’s knee injury is the second of his career. He rehabilitated from the first one, which was when the 49ers actually signed him, and believes he can come back in even better shape after this three month rehabilitation program.

Replacing Fiore will not be an easy task. Eric Heitmann, who stepped in for Fiore against the Redskins is expected to start against the Rams. Veteran Matt Willig is still recovering from injury, but is expected to be available for the game. The 49ers may also try and add a veteran offensive lineman to their depth chart some time over these two weeks. A possible free agent candidate is Dave Costa who was with the 49ers all off-season.