NFL Rumors: Jerry Jones sinks his fangs in Hollywood, Saints sweet news, and Giants’ anti-hero of excuses
By Kristen Wong
NFL Rumors: Jerry Jones documentary fetches absurd price tag from Netflix
What can you get with 50 million dollars and a deal with the devil?
A Netflix docuseries on Jerry Jones.
The Dallas Cowboys owner is the unashamed topic of an untitled documentary project first started in May with NFL Films and SkyDance Sports. The project just sold to Netflix for roughly $50 million, which in our opinion is an outrageous amount of money for a show that will just feature hours of footage from the Cowboys’ playoff losses in the last two decades.
As a ten-part series, this exclusive special on Jerry Jones will include interviews with Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin, Deion Sanders, and various Cowboys icons and influential sports businessmen. Back in May, the series was billed as an inspirational story about Jones’ “remarkable rise from the son of an Arkansas community store owner to being one of the most innovative and influential leaders in sports.”
Here’s another excerpt on the series:
"The story of Jones and the Cowboys is uniquely American; one about the risks, the successes and failures, and the passionate pursuit to be involved in America’s Sport with America’s Team, all while advancing the game with a wildcatting mentality to grow the NFL and the Cowboys in spectacular fashion."
Riveting stuff. On top of this Jerry Jones project, Netflix already has a quarterback docuseries in the works that focuses on the careers of Kirk Cousins, Marcus Mariota, and Patrick Mahomes.
Given that the Cowboys are one of the most valuable sports franchises in the world, a series about a man currently worth upwards of $11 billion will have Netflix’s money-grubbing handprints all over it. We just hope the series has good pacing — it’s all about time management.