With the draft in the books and before I delve into more detail on the players the Titans drafted, I thought it was worth taking a broader look at how the Titans handled the draft.

Coming into the draft, the Titans had two clear immediate needs, for a starter at right guard and a cornerback who could at least compete to play significant snaps as a rookie, even better if he could play in the slot. Beyond that, they had a need for depth at linebacker and defensive end in particular. Next in priority came future starters at a number of positions, including offensive tackle, linebacker, and safety. While not necessarily holes in the depth chart, the Titans also had a need for impact payers everywhere on defense, and particularly on the defensive line.

In selecting offensive guard Chance Warmack from Alabama with the tenth overall pick, the Titans filled that biggest need, for a starter at right guard. I wrote about Warmack before the draft and also covered him the day after the pick was made. Even the people like me who don't like Warmack that much think he's likely to be a good NFL player for a long time, and he clearly fills an extreme immediate need. That Jonathan Cooper was already off the board as the first guard probably made it easier for the Titans to grab Warmack here, though they seemingly would have otherwise considering that he was apparently the number two player on their draft board.

In the second round, the Titans traded up from their 40th pick to the 34th and selected Tennessee wide receiver Justin Hunter. There are two interesting things here, Hunter and the trade, and I'll discuss Hunter in this post and leave the trade discussion for another day. Before tearing his ACL in 2011, he flashed explosive big-play potential. As a tall (6'4"), thin (195 pounds) receiver, he inevitably drew comparisons to Randy Moss, though of course there are a lot more guys who look like Randy Moss than there are guys who play like him. Still, I thought he could be a top ten pick. In 2012, though, he played like a guy who was coming off an ACL injury, not showing the same physical explosion and struggling badly with drops. Hunter seems like Kenny Britt insurance, but this was a weird pick to me because the Titans seemed relatively set at receiver. Further, even early-round wideouts have shown they are very hit-and-miss in terms of rookie production. The Titans assumedly have a plan for how they'll use Hunter productively even as a rookie, but I don't know what that is.

The Titans have added the following undrafted free agents, as per tweets from Jim Wyatt.

With their final pick of the 2013 NFL Draft, #248 overall, the Titans selected Nebraska SS Daimion Stafford.

Stafford is a big, physical in the box strong safety, a big hitter who might need some improvement in his coverage skills.

If he makes the roster, it appears that he'll be depth behind Bernard Pollard and George Wilson.  Pollard is signed to just a one-year contract and Wilson for two years.

With their sixth round compensatory pick, #202 overall, the Titans selected Nevada CB Khalid Wooten.

With their fifth-round pick, 142nd overall, in the 2013 NFL draft, the Tennessee Titans selected defensive end Lavar Edwards from LSU.

Edwards is the third LSU defensive end to be selected in this year's draft, after Barkevious Mingo went in the first round to the Browns and Sam Montgomery went in the third round to the Texans. In my seven-round mock, I had Montgomery going here. Edwards has better size even than Montgomery, standing 6'4" and weighing 277 pounds. At LSU, he played both left defensive end and right defensive end, plus some defensive tackle in sub package situations. With his size and excellent (35 1/2") arm length, he probably projects for the Titans as a tweener defensive end, While he had 12.5 sacks in college, he's considered more of a developmental pass rusher. Still, even a rotational defensive end with upside isn't a bad player to find in the fifth round.

Score one for my seven-round mock, as the Tennessee Titans used their fourth round pick, 107th overall, on the player I predicted/wanted them to take, offensive lineman Brian Schwenke from California.

Schwenke is a center prospect with good size at 6'3", 314 pounds, who also has excellent quickness off the snap. He's probably a more versatile player and better scheme fit for the Titans than Travis Frederick, whom the Cowboys took in the first round. He also has experience playing left guard for the Golden Bears

Per Eric Stoner, the Titans apparently spent about 6 hours working him out before the draft. Center is a position that depends a lot on trust, both to snap and to make the line calls, so they seem sold on Schwenke. Pencil him in as your 2014 starting center, though he'll have to improve his lower body strength and overall conditioning (I don't even want to type his body fat percentage at the Combine) to actually take that role.

The Tennessee Titans closed out the third round of the 2013 NFL Draft using their third round compensatory pick, the 97th overall, on Missouri OLB Zaviar Gooden. 

I don't get this pick.   Gooden has prototypical Will size at 6'1" 234 pounds.  Fast guy, good in coverage, sounds a lot like Zach Brown, whom they drafted in the second round just a year ago.

Could the Titans be planning to use Gooden a whole lot in nickel?  Maybe use Brown and Gooden as nickel LBs with Akeem Ayers rushing the passer?  If not, they just invested a high pick on a special teams player.  The Titans have much bigger needs at other positions and I'm not sold on this pick yet.