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By MIKE HERNDON, columnist

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Ran Carthon’s first draft as general manager of the Tennessee Titans was extremely eventful, despite executing just one trade throughout the three-day event. The Titans walked away with a plug-and-play offensive lineman, a new new quarterback of the future and a potential Derrick Henry heir among other parts and pieces.

However, the biggest talking point coming away from the draft – outside of the polarizing choice of quarterback – is the lack of investment in wide receiver.

Before we get into the big picture of what this draft means for the franchise moving forward, I want to go pick-by-pick through the Titans' selections and give you my thoughts on each player as well as the thought process behind it.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Player acquisition season is free agency in March and the draft in April. After that, occasionally a contributor of note will be found. But May-to-opening day is not a time to address a primary need as Mike Vrabel suggested after the draft was over on Saturday night.

I said this throughout last season when the Titans were hurt and many fans were imploring them to go out and get better help. There is very little better help to go get at that stage. And it’s not much better now with rosters at 90-around the league.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- You watched the draft unfold and read and listened to a lot of commentary.

Monday evening it was time for us to gather and discuss what unfolded for the Titans with their six picks as Ran Carthon, Mike Vrabel and the team's scouts and coaches rolled the dice and played the board in MetroCenter and filled out some pieces of their depth chart.

You have a lot on your mind, and we had questions that were even better than usual, a high standard.

Here was a handy reminder of the draft class for discussion purposes.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Arizona Cardinals have 11 picks in the 2024 draft, including two firsts, a second and three thirds.

The Tennessee Titans have six, including a first and a second. But half of those picks are in the seventh. And the players they got in pick swaps that gave away their fifth- and sixth-round picks were failures who are gone.

They will have a load of cap room with which to shop free agency, but increasingly few premier players – particularly at receiver – are available in that market.

A look at what they have and what they don’t in the 2024 draft and why.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Titans would have had to reach for a wide receiver during the first six rounds of the draft, Mike Vrabel said. This is why I believe it would have made sense for them to have traded back somewhere along the way to get value to align with their pick, gaining additional opportunity.

We start this week's edition of The Paul Kuharsky Podcast with the Titans' confounding nonchalance regarding one of their two biggest needs through the two prime windows of player acquisition -- free agency, where there weren't good options but they could have made some improvements, and the draft.

They managed to add replacement-level free agent Chris Moore and seventh-rounder Colton Dowell.

Please find the pod on Apple or YouTube, which is below. I apologize that this episode is not on the other platforms -- we are in the middle of a switchover but hope to be back on those very soon.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Here are what the Titans' offensive and defensive depth charts look like after their 2023 draft...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Titans needed to come out of the draft with three players who could push for full-time starting roles, a big ask made necessary by their thin roster.

They come out of it assured of only 17 starts if they are healthy, games that will come from technically sound first-round offensive lineman Peter Skoronski at left tackle or left guard.

Fifth-rounder Josh Whyle could earn some starts as an athletic tight end, as the roster shape suggests the team will go back to more two-tight and he can be an in-line guy who starts plays as a blocker.