The New England Patriots officially waived TE Matt Lengel from injured reserve with a settlement on Saturday.
Kidder, 23, signed a three-year, $1.66 million contract with the Vikings as an undrafted free agent out of Montana this past May. He was set to make base salaries of $465,000 and $555,000 over the first two years of the agreement when the Vikings cut him loose back in July.
The Patriots signed him to a contract a few days later but elected to waive him with an injury designation coming out of the preseason and he later reverted to the injured reserve list.