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D. Orlando Ledbetter

@dorlandoajc

The AJC’s Falcons beat writer. PFWA President Emeritus. APSE/PFWA award winner. Georgia Sportswriter of the Year 2022 - NSMA. Bill Nunn Jr. winner 2024.

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Some kickoff times and broadcast designations for Georgia Tech football: Nov. 28: Georgia, 3:30 p.m., ABC Sept. 13: Clemson, noon, ABC or ESPN Sept. 6: Gardner-Webb, 3:30 p.m., ACC Network Extra ajc.com/sports/2025/05…

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#Falcons’ king of the pickleball courts to take over at center — Ryan Neuzil agreed to $9.5 million two-year deal with the team. ajc.com/sports/2025/05…

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Dave Klein, who covered the Giants for decades at The Star-Ledger and attended the first 54 Super Bowls, died on Wednesday. "He had a lot of good history in New Jersey, which is where I’m from," Bill Parcells remembered. nj.com/giants/2025/05…

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#Falcons’ Kyle Pitts doesn’t make first round in PFN’s 2021 redraft -- Atlanta is awarded defensive player of the year, cornerback Patrick Surtain II. Drew Dalman goes to Steelers at pick 24. PFSN ajc.com/sports/2025/05…

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Just talked to former #Falcons great Julio Jones about his storied career. Story to come on AJC.com. (This pic here is from early in his career at a photo shoot for a product he was endorsing.)

Just talked to former #Falcons great Julio Jones about his storied career. Story to come on AJC.com. (This pic here is from early in his career at a photo shoot for a product he was endorsing.)
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#Falcons WR Darnell Mooney: ‘I didn’t really come here for 1,000 yards. I came here to win’ -- He came up 8 yards shy of 1,000 yards receiving last season. ajc.com/sports/2025/05…

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Kyle Shanahan a target in first episode of ex #Falcons wide receivers podcast — The Julio Jones trade to the Titans is on deck. ajc.com/sports/2025/05…

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EXCLUSIVE: Former #Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones reflects on his spectacular career — ‘Now, I have the ability to be home, be with the family post-career,’ Jones says ajc.com/sports/2025/05…

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He gave Thomas Dimitroff a pretty big shout out: “Thomas Dimitroff, what he did for me, believing in me, trusting in me, to trade up 21 picks to see the value in me,” said Jones.

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“I was ready to retire,” Julio Jones told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “Just being with my family. Enjoying my family at the end of the day. Football, I’d played football, at that time, it was 13 years. Now, I have the ability to be home, be with the family post-career.”

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We discussed the contract situation/holdout and his trade to the Titans. That didn’t make this article. The trade will be a topic on the next podcast episode. It was a bumpy ending!