Jerry Jones Reveals He Received Death Threats When He Bought the Team

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Jerry Jones claimed that he received multiple death threats shortly after he bought the Dallas Cowboys in 1989

In the new Netflix docuseries America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys , the owner looks back on what happened after he fired legendary coach Tom Landry

Jones hired his longtime friend and former teammate Jimmy Johnson as Landry's successor

When Jerry Jones bought the Dallas Cowboys in February 1989 and then fired legendary head coach Tom Landry, virtually no one in the franchise’s fandom was happy with the Arkansas oil man.

Then, he installed himself as president and general manager — an unheard of move in the NFL — riling even more of the team's supporters.

But none of his decisions in the early days of owning America’s Team had prepared him for the ext