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Marcell Dareus making his NFL playoff debut against team that traded him away

When Jacksonville Jaguars defensive tackle Marcell Dareus comes out for the first postseason game of his NFL career on Sunday, the other sideline will be full of some of his best friends.

The Jaguars are playing the Buffalo Bills, who chose Dareus from Alabama with the third pick in the 2011 NFL Draft. Dareus played the first 91 games of his career with Buffalo, and he was glad to see the Bills end the NFL's longest postseason drought by reaching the playoffs for the first time since the 1999 season.

"I'm just extremely happy for (defensive tackle) Kyle Williams, extremely happy for (center) Eric Wood," Dareus said, "the lifers that've been there and fought for all those years -- at least seven when I was there.