Jason Myers or Spencer Shrader: Who Should You Start?
2026 Week 1 · deterministic head-to-head · Verdicts based on PPR scoring.
Start Myers — the projection and red-zone opportunity edges are too wide to ignore.
Jason Myers projects 9.4 to Shrader's 8.2 and gets more red-zone stalls to kick from (1.6 to 1.4 per game). Shrader's edge is the consensus rank, K17 to K19. The gap is narrow.
Jason Myers
9.49.49.4 Projected Points
Spencer Shrader
8.28.28.2 Projected Points
Why Jason Myers
StartVeteran starting kicker. Long-tenured, high-volume leg with proven range.
Start — K19 by consensus, projects K5 this week: 1.6 red-zone stalls a game, and 9.4 pts projected vs NE.
- Calm forecast at kickoff.
- 2.3 FG tries projected, just over the 2.0 league median this week.
- SEA's offense stalls in the red zone 1.6 times a game (2025) — that's where kicker points come from.
- Vegas has SEA at 24 points as 3.5-point favorites.
Latest on Myers
Reported by the sources listed — not independently verified.
Why Spencer Shrader
Toss-Up· mediumStarting placekicker with a strong leg. Limited career sample and kickoff-touchback value.
Indoor game and a 23.0 implied total support volume, but K18 consensus puts Shrader below the 12-team starter line — a streamer with a better total is fine.
- Calm forecast at kickoff.
- 2.1 FG tries projected, just over the 2.0 league median this week.
- IND's offense stalls in the red zone 1.4 times a game (2025) — that's where kicker points come from.
- Vegas has IND at 23 points as 3.5-point dogs.
The call
- The environment is clean: retractable roof with a calm forecast either way, so no wind or precipitation risk on his 2.1 projected attempts, and he's been 93% (13/14) on the year with a long of 52.
- Scoring opportunity is fine but not special — 23.0 implied total, 2.0 projected extra points and 1.4 red-zone stalls per game, which is what gets him to 1.8 made field goals.
- The problem is the tier: 8.2 projected points and a K18 consensus rank mean he's outside the 12 kickers a standard league actually starts, so he's not clearly better than a replacement option.
- He's the PK1 with no injury designation, so role isn't the issue — if your alternative sits in a worse weather spot or on an offense with a lower implied total, Shrader is the play.
Latest on Shrader
Spencer Shrader remains in a close kicking competition after making both of his field-goal attempts in the game.
5 Colts Things: Seth McGowan, Spencer Shrader, CJ Allen and other notes from preseason Week 2colts.com · Aug 23, 2026Shrader was, and remains, the only kicker on the Colts' initial 53-man roster when it was released Sunday.
Shrader connected on field goals from 60 and 61 yards during the preseason and emerged from a tight competition with Blake Grupe to be the Colts' kicker in 2026.
Reported by the sources listed — not independently verified.
Head-to-head stats
| Metric | Jason Myers | Spencer Shrader |
|---|---|---|
| Projected points | 9.49.49.4 | 8.28.28.2 |
| Consensus rank | K19 | K17 |
| Projected FG attempts | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| Red-zone stalls / game | 1.6(2025) | 1.4(2025) |
| Kicking conditions | Calm forecast at kickoff | Retractable roof, calm forecast either way |
| Implied total · spread | 24.0-3.5 | 23.0+3.5 |
| Field-goal % | 85.4%(2025) | 92.9%(2025) |
| Depth chart | K1 | K1 |
| Start/Sit record | — | 0–0+1 toss-up |
Signal breakdown
- 9.4 vs 8.2 projected PPR pointsJason Myers +
- Rank 19 vs 17Spencer Shrader +
- 2.3 vs 2.1 projected attemptsJason Myers +
- 1.6 vs 1.4 red-zone stalls per gameJason Myers +
- 5 mph, 75°F, overcast vs 4 mph, 86°F, overcasteven
- Implied 24.0 vs 23.0 team pointsJason Myers +
- No injury designationseven
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