Dez Bryant will turn 24 this season. His mother, Angela Bryant, is 37.

We can all do the math.

Dez Bryant must learn to control his emotions if he is to have success on or off the field. Matthew Emmons/US Presswire

Bryant has endured the type of childhood that's virtually impossible to overcome without substantial emotional damage. Most of us can't even comprehend Bryant's youth. We've never seen it on "The Brady Bunch." Or "The Cosby Show." Or whatever sitcom today's kids watch.

None of that is an excuse for Bryant putting his hands on his mother, which he is alleged to have done Saturday night.

None will ever exist in this lifetime.

Bryant's God-given athletic ability has provided him with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create a life for his kids -- Zane and Dez Jr. -- that he never had.

He's blowing it.

Big time.

Time is quickly running out on his career with the Dallas Cowboys -- he has played only two seasons -- because his off-field drama makes you wonder just how much longer Jerry Jones and Jason Garrett are going to put up with it.

Sure, Bryant has prodigious talent and potential, but his production lags behind his athletic prowess. That's not good.