Fantasy Football Outlook: Eli Raridon, Marlin Klein, Denzel Boston

Let’s dive into Andrew Erickson’s fantasy football outlook for some of the dynasty rookies drafted Day 2. Here is our fantasy football outlook for: Eli Raridon, Marlin Klein, Denzel Boston. And here are all of Erickson’s Day 2 fantasy football winners & losers.

Fantasy Football Outlook: Eli Raridon, Marlin Klein, Denzel Boston

Eli Raridon (TE – NE)

Eli Raridon to the Patriots. Love it. The team needed a tight end with Hunter Henry in the last year of his deal. Also helps in 12 personnel.

The Notre Dame tight end battled through knee injuries to start his college career while fighting for snaps with future NFL tight ends. But he made the most of targets, especially this past season. Averaged over 15 yards per reception – 8th highest mark in the nation. 11th in yards per route run at 2.23. 7th in broken tackles forced per catch (SIS).

When he was involved as a receiver, he was very productive. 59 receiving yards per game when he saw at least three targets.

Raridon also tested very well at the NFL Combine, and he’s built tall at 6-foot-6/245 pounds.

Marlin Klein (TE – HOU)

I highlighted Michigan’s Marlin Klein as a “player to watch” in my pre-draft TE value article.

“Michigan’s Marlin Klein is another candidate who could potentially sneak into Day 2 (84th-ranked player in Daniel Jeremiah’s top-150). Another guy without a ton of production, but there’s context behind the lack of box score stats. Came over from Germany and was a backup behind Colston Loveland until this past year. He was targeted on 21% of his routes run this past season (22% career target rate per route run).

He blew up in Week 1 of this season, but then suffered an ankle injury shortly after. Also got hurt in Michigan’s Bowl Game (forced to miss Senior Bowl). And he still declared early with one year of eligibility remaining (one for just four TE early declares, including Sadiq, Klare, and Endries).

In a 2024 article, future NFL tight end standouts Loveland and AJ Barner cited Klein as the most athletic guy in Michigan’s TE room.”

Obviously, Klein will have to stay behind Dalton Schultz (signed on for another season) with an out in his contract in 2028. Even so, I am very interested in the former Wolverine based on his profile and Round 2 draft pedigree in deeper dynasty formats.

Denzel Boston (WR – CLE)

Denzel Boston falls into the “loser” category for a few reasons. First off, I don’t love that he fell out of Round 1 entirely. I think that does matter somewhat – although not a complete death nail. Boston at 39th overall to the Browns isn’t too different from WRs going in that early Round 2 range, such as Jayden Higgins, Luther Burden, Keon Coleman, Ladd McConkey, Ja’Lynn Polk, Jonathan Mingo, Christian Watson, Elijah Moore, Michael Pittman Jr. and Tee Higgins.

Obviously plenty of hits and misses – but the misses were guys that went WAY earlier than expected (see Stribling above). Boston was a late Round 1, early Round 2 guy. And very possible the Browns take him 24th overall if KC Concepcion is off the board.

Now team fit. Todd Monken expressed a desire for the following in a WR: Big. Size. Physicality. Toughness. Ball skills.

Boston adds an element that the Browns’ WR room is missing — especially at the catch point (pour one out for Cedric Tillman).

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But as I outlined in the video, sharing targets with first-rounder KC Concepcion will be no easy feat. Especially if Boston is not granted easy, schemed-up targets like his rookie WR teammate. He feels much more boom-or-bust as an outside “X” WR, likely being dependent on red-zone usage.

And there’s the QB play in Cleveland. However, I feel slightly optimistic about how the Browns have improved their offensive line, which should have a trickle-down effect on the passing efficiency. Even so, Boston feels more dependent on effective QB play without the YAC to his game.

And we still have at least Jerry Jeudy for potentially one more year, and second-year tight end Harold Fannin Jr.as a staple in the offense (who is an under-the-radar loser after the team drafted two WRs in the top two rounds).