Whether you're an alpha male, aesthete, or advocate for the downtrodden, we've got a team for you.
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Maybe your team didn't make the playoffs — RIP, Jets, RIP — or maybe you're looking to find another squad to follow to maximize your chances of not being sad. Either way, picking a team to put your weight behind is a hallowed rite of playoffs time. The trick is, to maximize the satisfaction and pleasure you'll experience if/when your squad cruises to a Super Bowl victory, you have to pick the team that's right for YOU. Fortunately, BuzzFeed is here to make the choice easy. Here are the 12 NFL playoff teams organized based on the kind of person who should be rooting for them to succeed.
Lovers Of Beauty — The New England Patriots
Emblematic player: Tom Brady
This might seem contradictory, considering that Boston sports fans have a reputation for being as nuanced and sophisticated as an '87 Honda Civic filled with Jack in the Box wrappers. But the Patriots' offense looks like an evolved version of what other teams play, with the fluid movement of receivers and running backs perfectly orchestrated by football's premier maestro, Tom Brady. Meanwhile, the defense attempts to make up for its shortcomings with speed and complex schemes, and coach Bill Belichick has all the bile and technique of John Cheever. If you could put an NFL team in the Met, it would be the Patriots.
Also, Brady's a handsome dude, even if he does have questionable taste in footwear.
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