| Rank | Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 10.2% | 0.0% | 6.8% | 9.9% | - | 7.7% | 11.9% | 7.0% |
| 2 |  | 9.2% | 6.9% | 14.8% | 9.8% | - | 11.0% | 8.0% | 5.4% |
| 3 |  | 8.9% | 9.1% | 16.7% | 12.7% | - | 6.5% | 12.3% | 10.1% |
| 4 |  | 8.9% | 3.7% | 8.5% | 8.2% | - | 10.6% | 7.4% | 6.5% |
| 5 |  | 8.8% | 7.0% | 11.3% | 9.0% | - | 11.6% | 5.0% | 7.0% |
Kansas City leads the NFL in cover 2m (tampa) rate at 10.2%, through games played November 3, 2026. Minnesota is second at 9.2%, Detroit third at 8.9%, the New York Jets fourth at 8.9% & Denver fifth at 8.8%. Kansas City's rate is 1.0 percentage points above second place & 6.7 percentage points above the 25th-ranked team.
Only 2.6 percentage points separate first from tenth. Baltimore is sixth at 8.5%, Indianapolis seventh at 8.5%, Green Bay eighth at 7.7%, the Los Angeles Chargers ninth at 7.7% & the Los Angeles Rams tenth at 7.6%.
Detroit ranks third on the season at 8.9% but has led the league in cover 2m (tampa) rate over the last three weeks at 16.7%. Arizona is 11th at 7.6%, Chicago 12th at 7.5%, Buffalo 13th at 7.4%, Houston 14th at 7.1%, Seattle 15th at 6.8%, Las Vegas 16th at 6.6%, the New York Giants 17th at 6.1% & Washington 18th at 5.9%.
Eight teams sit inside nine tenths of a percentage point from eighth to 15th, the tightest stretch of the ranking. Cincinnati is 19th at 5.6%, Tampa Bay 20th at 5.2%, Dallas 21st at 4.7%, Atlanta 22nd at 4.5%, New Orleans 23rd at 4.4%, Philadelphia 24th at 4.2% & Cleveland 25th at 3.5%.
These 25 are drawn from 32 NFL teams ranked in the 2026 regular season. Cover 2M rate is the percentage of a defense's coverage snaps played with man coverage underneath a two-deep shell, the structure commonly called Tampa 2. Figures are as of November 3, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.
