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Ok, you should know that training camp is probably the most enjoyable time of the year for a football writer. Plenty of fresh stories. Plenty of optimism. No one has lost a game.

But the scene outside the Falcons headquarters today tops the charts on bizarro opening days. Never seen anything like it. Maybe because it's never been seen before.

About 125 protesters from animal rights groups on one side of the road, and maybe a dozen Michael Vick supporters on the other. Screaming at each other. Yelling insults. Sometimes swearing. Then there were a hundred or so other folks who just wanted to watch training camp practices.

The animal rights protestors brought plenty of signs - like "Michael Vick: Role Model to Parole Model" and "NFL. Sack Vick!" Another sign spelled out Vick's initials with the words: "Vicious Inhumane Cruel Kills Animals!" The other side brought a few makeshift signs saying, "We Love Michael Vick" and "Vick is the Man" and "Let Vick Play."

There has never been a more volatile scene at an NFL training camp. Then again, there has never been a star player accused of such gruesome treatment of animals. Among other things, Vick is being charged with destroying under-performing fighting dogs by strangulation, drowning, electrocution and hanging.

Several hundred miles to the north in Richmond, Va., Vick entered a plea of not guilty, as hundreds more protestors showed up to voice their displeasure.

With a trial date of Nov. 26 looming, this is not going away any time soon. And with Vick hiring high-profile lawyer Billy Martin, who knows how long a trial might last? Or whether Martin's end game will be to cop a plea, as long as Vick doesn't do jail time.