DALLAS — The newest Netflix documentary on the Dallas Cowboys ’ dynasty of the 1990s is filled with images every fan recognizes. But 'America's Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys'—the touchdowns, the press conferences, the Jerry Jones gamble—wouldn’t look the same without someone quietly digging through decades of old file tape in Dallas.

That someone, for WFAA, was Brian Hardcastle, the station's former chief editor.

“I was chief editor here at WFAA for 18 years,” he said. “In May of 2023, a production company called Nimea got in touch with me, wondering if I could pull a lot of file video of the Dallas Cowboys from the time that Jerry Jones bought them. No one here at WFAA had time for this massive list…so they called me, and I was happy to come in and do it.”

WFAA wasn't the only

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