There's no way around it: Davone Bess is killing it lately.
Unlike, say, Philip Merling, the Dolphins receiver is on a streak of awesomeness that can't be denied. First, on Saturday, he addressed his refusal to sell his jersey number to incoming superstar Brandon Marshall by turning it into something to swell strings to:
"Life isn't always about money and materialistic things. A couple of the guys called me crazy...but the money will be gone in a year, a guy's character is there forever."
See? It sounds so moving it took three days for us to realize he's equating a personal preference with character. He's the NFL's first slot-alchemist! Quick, ask him more things!
Then, this morning, Bess was on the phone with 790 The Ticket’s Jorge Sedano Show when he witnessed a truck roll over three times on I-595 near the I-75 interchange.
"Hey...hey, I'm sorry," he interrupted. "I gotta call 911, man. Can I call you guys in five minutes? I apologize, I gotta call 911 for this man. I'll call you right back."
Bess did, and a few minutes later was happy to report the gentleman in question was unscathed.
This comely combo of comic book heroism (or its NFL equivalent) and humble anti-materialism has rightly earned Bess a new nickname over at Fins Nation: Bat-Ghandi, short for Batman and not short for Ghandi.
And you know, we might've gone with Abra-Bess Lincoln, but we think this should stick. Not enough of our Miami sports figures have nicknames, and if saddling the entertaining ones with something like Bat-Ghandi is the least we can do, well, the least is our wheelhouse.
