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The MMQB staff rolls through the Gulf Coast, from Julio’s hometown to Brett’s old stomping grounds

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FOLEY, Ala. — Twenty minutes from the beaches of Gulf Shores, Ala., sits Foley, a town of about 16,000 where Falcons star Julio Jones grew up. The main road, variously dubbed U.S. 98, Alabama’s Coastal Connection and E. Laurel Ave., runs from Foley Beach Express through scattered houses and pine woods into the quaint, old-timey downtown.