Adam Fromal @KickerTalk

Nolan Hauser is so obviously going to be kicking on Sundays.

Jason Myers has joined the Doink Club!

Jayden Daniels was trying to leave five seconds but wouldn't let himself.

Jake Elliott deserved better than having his should've-been game-winner overshadowed by the subsequent kick, though he was a part of the Eagles' coverage unit struggling to prevent long returns. Nonetheless, his redemption season marches on nicely.

Weird outing for Cam Little. The good? The 57-yard game-winner. Duh! The solid? Pretty much the rest of his day aside from his first kickoff. The misleading? Getting credited for a missed XP when the real blame goes to backup long-snapper DaVon Hamilton.

David Olano is a future NFL kicker and is rapidly moving up my draft board.

The Cowboys didn't give Brandon Aubrey much to do on Thursday night, but he converted the opportunities he received. The biggest blemish was the rare touchback to the 35, which was his fourth of 2026. Only Ryan Fitzgerald, Tyler Loop, and Joey Slye have more.

A solid but unspectacular game from Chase McLaughlin tonight. Made his 41-yarder cleanly, converted all the extra points, and was pretty average in the kickoff game (though his coverage team forced a key turnover on a return).

My latest NFL kicking notebook is up! This one has sections on Chris Boswell, Will Reichard, and clutch kicking with quicker thoughts on Cam Little, Chad Ryland, Dominic Zvada, Brandon Aubrey, and Tyler Bass. Check it out! fansided.com/nfl/fromal-s-k…

Ryan Fitzgerald had graded out as the second-most accurate NFL kicker prior to this game, per my kick-charting, but that significant progress feels entirely squandered now.

Tyler Loop might have slightly different buy-in from Ravens fans now than he did a week ago.

With that 52-yarder, Spencer Shrader has taken over the No. 1 spot on my KVA leaderboard.

Data supports this, too. On average, NFL kickers last season took their longest attempts from the middle and had the highest rates of success.

Herd Bros @TheCFBAdvocate

3 weeks ago

I need a kicker to explain to me why you’d want to kick from anywhere other than the middle of the field

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With his 56-yard game-winner, Andre Szmyt proved to national audiences what the Cleveland Browns have known for a while now.

Jackson Kleather is going to kick in the NFL one day.

Yep. So dialed in.

Adam Fromal @KickerTalk

4 weeks ago

Andre Szymt, No. 6 in KVA, has capitalized on an easy set of kicks but has knocked them all through the center of the uprights. Through three weeks, his WORST kick is a 34-yarder charted crossing the threshold ~2.3 feet right of the horizontal center.

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Evan McPherson checks in at No. 1 with room to spare after a phenomenal three weeks. He's already hit from 50-plus five times, and he hasn't sacrificed any accuracy for the power. The Bengals kicker is making it clear he could use 2026 to ascend into an elite positional tier.

Spencer Shrader, No. 2 in KVA thus far, is crushing the ball. He's drilling long attempts and putting shorter ones right down the pipes and over the top of the uprights. It's the absolute embodiment of a kicker feeling comletely locked in. The benefit of offseason competition?

Jake Elliott has bounced back from two straight tough seasons to rank No. 10 in KVA thus far, but the sample size is awfully small. He's only hit from 58 and 35, though the 58-yarder was nearly dead-center. His kickoff game has also left a lot to be desired.