Why Jerry Jones makes America's Team a must-see Cowboy movie, flaws and all 

Unabashed in the grotesquery of it all, the owner of the most valuable sports team on the planet helps to lift Netflix's latest attempt to recapture its Last Dance magic 

JERRY'S WORLD: Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones talks with fans before the Cowboys play the Detroit Lions at AT&T Stadium on October 13, 2024 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images)

It is the 1990 Dallas Cowboys training camp and players are running endline to endline, relentlessly. Sixteen times, up and down, sprint a mile. Don't stop. Man up. Midway through, a young hopeful collapses on his back: “Sir, I have asthma.” Two-time Super Bowl champion coach and Pro Football Hall of Famer Jimmy Johnson descended like a hawk. In his macho code, there is no tolerance for letting up.

“Asthma my ass,” the coach bellows, as players keep dashing behind him and the assembled media look on. “Get over there on that other field and have some asthma. You are on the wrong field to have asthma. ‘I lie on my ass.’ Get outta here!”