Julio Jones: My Hero

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Julio Jones is one of my heroes. You may ask yourself why I idolize a sports star from Atlanta. Well Folks that one is

simple ,lets go way back to my love for the falcons when I was a young boy I'd say about 6 maybe 7 my aunt from

tampa sent both me and my older brother some cheap atlanta falcons stuff for christmas (she wasn't exactly trying to

hard) but living in a football household where new england talk is banned and the commitment to excellence in silver

and black reigned supreme. A new love was born in my brother. As I was very young I didn't fully understand the

concept of football until my brother on his nintendo gamecube picked up Madden 05. and thus my love was born. If

any of you have ever played madden 05 or even followed

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