Sidney Rice Surgery, Webb to WR?

Judd Zulgad of the Star Tribune is reporting that Sidney Rice is now considering surgery on his injured hip, which could require him to miss the first half of the season.

This could be a devastating blow to the Vikings as their first half schedule is very tough to begin with.  However, with Rice and Harvin both missing action, this will allow Favre and Bernard Berrian the opportunity to develop the timing they were unable to get at the beginning of the year last season.

Perhaps there is a way to keep all 4 QB's on the roster by moving Joe Webb to a 5th wide receiver option. He played receiver at different times during his career at UAB. This would allow the Vikings to keep Sage on the roster until later in the season which could perhaps increase his trade value if a contender's starting QB went down due to injury (perhaps even the Vikings QB).  Albeit not ideal, but Joe Webb is a tremendous athlete and in fact during UAB's Pro-Day, his vertical, long jump, and bench press reps would have been the best of the WR crop if he would have been at the NFL Combine.  He also ran his 40 yard dash in 4.43 seconds.

Again, not ideal, but options...