Wharton isn’t the best guard in the world, but the Bengals have nothing at guard besides 2011 4^th round pick Clint Boling right now having lost starter Nate Livings to the Cowboys and having still not resigned soon to be 36 year old free agent Bobbie Williams. Wharton is a solid guard, who ranked 38^th on ProFootballFocus this past season and considering Livings, who ranked 56^th, got 19 million over 5 years from the Cowboys, getting Wharton for 10 million over 3 is a very good deal.

Grade: A