Our read
A third-round rookie drafted at pick 95, and drafters take him around pick 320 anyway, which tells you this is a hold-your-nose stash and nothing more. He is listed second among New England tight ends behind Hunter Henry, with Tanner Arkin, Cameron Latu and Julian Hill also on the depth chart. Henry is the established starter, and the offense returns its play caller in Josh McDaniels under Mike Vrabel, so nothing about this situation hands Raridon meaningful snaps in year one.
Our number puts him at 52 points, TE66 on our board, and even that assumes a season most rookie tight ends never get. The realistic availability range is 5 to 17 games with 12 expected, and the low tail there comes from seasons cut short by injury, which for a first-year player at this position is the outcome you have to plan around. The books posted New England's win total at 10.5 and their week one total sits at 20.5, so the team environment could be friendly if he ever fights his way onto the field. But there are no headlines, no snap counts, no games played yet, and the schedule gives him a week 11 bye. He is a name and a draft slot, that is it.
My call: in a deep league I am fine taking him at his ADP or a few picks after, as a bench stash behind Henry and nothing else. In a shallow league where bench spots are tight, let him go and grab him off the wire if something ahead of him breaks. He does nothing for your roster this season except occupy a spot, and a third-round rookie tight end almost never pays that cost back in year one.