Head upstairs at the Northtown Center in Amherst, toward the back, veer left and inside this dim gym is where you’ll find Jimmy Gaines all month. He’s at the squat rack this day, ripping through a lower-body workout. His light blue Buffalo Bills T-shirt is now drenched to a dark navy.
Once it’s all over, Gaines wipes his brow and takes a seat on the red bench overlooking a hockey rink below.
He cannot stop smiling. One reason? He already has an edge on other linebackers in Buffalo.
You see, last off-season Doug Marrone’s coaching staff let players take home their iPad playbooks during this five-week lull between minicamp and training camp.