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That's going to be a part of it. That's going to be part of boosting any receivers numbers. Dude, any receiver goes against the commanders. Any number one receiver, they're going to light them up. It's been like a trend even back to last year with a completely different coaching staff. But that's been the case so far, you know, Jamar Chase finally. Oh, what's up with Jamar Chase? Well, he plays the commanders. No one cares. He'll be fine. He'll be fine. So that's going to boost any receiver numbers. But yeah, Malik neighbors is a sick player. This guy is really, really good. All the reasons that you would like him in college are apparent on the NFL field right away. So I went and charted his week three game against the Browns. Just for one, the usage is so, so good with Malik neighbors right now. I think they-- and I said this at the time after week one against the Vikings, the Vikings might have the best defense in the league. And the heart, it might be the hardest defense to go against for any team in the league right now, certainly if you're Daniel Jones. But I thought they were a little too. Wandale Robinson in the first game, you know, where it was just a lot of like little gimme stuff to Robinson, trying to, you know, if an aggressive defensive play call or back there, mixing things up and all that. So but they've eased away from that. I think as the games have gone on, Robinson still has a nice role. He's a good little layup receiver every now and again. But like this passing game should be all based around Malik neighbors all the time. And you look at pretty much any usage stat, that is the case. I mean, he's running away with a bunch of different volume metrics. And I think that was a good thing after week one to just make this more about him. He plays about in just in week three, about half a snaps off the line, half a snaps on the line, they move him around all the positions. He plays X, he plays flanker, he plays the slot, he's not a full-time slot player, but he's definitely an over 20% slot player. He gets in the backfield some. So that right there, the usage is great. They have him running so many, just slant routes, drag routes, get him right into Daniel Jones's vision so he can pin that ball on him. But man, there are other times too, we're just from just a man-covered sample. I don't think he's, I don't think he is a perfect route runner yet. Reminds me a little bit. And this was who I kind of compared him to pre-draft. It reminds me a little bit of Garrett Wilson in his like rookie season where the route running isn't all the way there, but the separation is there because he's just so darn explosive. So when I say that, that like the route running isn't all the way there from Elite Neighbors yet, it wasn't all the way there for Garrett Wilson. And week one week, I mean, week one week, like very early of his rookie season, certainly there now at this point, like this guy can just get better and better and better, which is scary to say because he's already a great player. Like there's the one, his first touchdown though. This is the area where I think neighbors has impressed me maybe more than I expected. OK, as a prospect is for one, he, I think is Martin, Martin, ever since the Browns corner covered him on his first touchdown. And he just like sells him a little bit to nothing fancy, but just like sells him a little bit to the inside and snaps the route outside. And the way he contorts his body at the catch point is just like unbelievable. It was really an out, I think it was an all out outrageous play. How much separation he was able to get. And then still it's not the, you know, the easiest pass to catch. He's got to contour himself on the sideline. That's where it's just been like, Oh my God, this guy's like a nat. He's a natural wide receiver is what I is what I would say about Malik Neighbors. So yeah, he's been one of the most impressive producers in the NFL. Certainly against a very good defense in the Browns, the charting data shows. He has, he has been working for that. So I think there's a lot going on here. Scheme, definitely the fact that there is no one else. They should be prioritizing and they are prioritizing their best player. That's good to see. Um, and you just got a guy who like Daniel Jones is a not a good quarterback, but like a functional quarterback and he can deliver the ball to Malik neighbors. Um, that is kind of all kind of in concert here in addition to Malik neighbors, just being an outrageous player. Yeah, Daniel Jones, what an interesting guy, you know, because I know people want to rag on him and say he's, you know, they got to make a quarterback changer. He's not worth it. Uh, he's not worth the contract. That, that, that's not much is apparent, but as we saw in Carolina, when you had a functional quarterback in there, certain things can be unlocked, certain things can happen. Um, and what I will say about Daniel Jones is he's not an accurate quarterback by any stretch of the imagination. He makes bad throws routinely, but I do think he's got the arm talent to be able to get that ball anywhere on the field. And, and I know that's like such a low bar and low threshold, Matt. Um, but as we saw in Miami, okay. Oh, when, when you don't have a guy that can actually put the ball in, in certain spots on the field, the defense is just going to win. You know, the defense only has to play a certain portion of the field. And when you truncate that to an already, you know, truncated area where the cover two is taking away deep passes like, man, it gets really, really difficult. And so I'm not, I'm not caping up for Jones by any stretch of the imagination. Um, but I am saying that he can get the ball to any part of the football field. And I think that has helped Malik neighbors too. No, you, dude, you're being fair. You're being completely fair about Daniel Jones, which I think most people just lump all bad quarterbacks in together. And this is especially true when we're talking about receivers. Like, Oh, this guy, this guy does not have a great quarterback situation. Like Malik neighbors just not have a great quarterback situation. Let's be super clear about that. Um, but I did say when he was drafted by the giants, like, you know, I said this on my Yahoo show, I might have said it on our post draft show that he was uniquely skilled to survive in this landing spot, not thrive, but survive in this landing spot because he is not Marvin Harrison or Roma Dunes A. These like classic boundary ex receivers. Look, like if Marvin Harrison or Roma Dunes, they were playing in this offense with the, with the giants, they would not be putting up the numbers that Malik neighbors is putting up right now. And that doesn't mean that Malik neighbors is better than those guys or whatever. It's just the way you're going to use Malik neighbors is so much more conducive to a quarterback like Daniel Jones, because you can, because of the ways you can scheme him up, because of the ways you can get him off the lines from just because he can make plays in the open field. He can, like I said, run, just immediately get open, like rifle himself open against zone coverage and just be there for Daniel Jones. And he can do something after the catch with it. Like that was type of, I wrote a piece on the website about Khalil Shakir and sort of talking about this type of receiver. And like, by the way, by the way, very prescient. It was very good because Khalil Shakir had another great game on Monday night. So I love that. Well, Shakir is a baller, bro. I mean, but he is, he is, he is, he is sort of the, this arc type of receiver that I think is very, very valuable in today's NFL. And I think Malik neighbors is sort of the, like the peak of this archetype goes, goes beyond just this archetype. But because, you know, and I think this was obviously in the scouting process, something to consider with Malik neighbors is that, yeah, he could go to this offense and thrive because of this. But what I mean by all this quarterback stuff is like we, we group bad quarterbacks together, but not all bad quarterbacks are created equal. Like Daniel Jones is much better than like Zach Wilson or Desmond Ritter. These guys that, you know, Drake Lunden or Carrot Wilson have had to play with. Like those guys, you can't run a functional NFL offense to those guys. You can't really run a good offense with Daniel Jones, but we've seen you can get too functional with this guy. You got to do a lot of work. You got to do a lot of smoke and mirrors, but like that's good coaching, right? That's what, that's what good coaching is about. That's what good schematic work on offense is about. And when you have somebody on the other end of those smoke and mirrors plays like Malik neighbors, who can, who can also, who can also win with no smoke, no mirrors, just go out against your guy. I mean, this one pass that neighbors did not bring in because Jones missed him on it. I mean, he just gets on top of the corner so quick because he's so explosive. He is a, I would say he's a good route runner. Like I said, he can get even better, but he's already a good there, especially against press man. Um, that's just, then you have that, like you can, you can create something here. Like the Giants aren't going to be a good team. They're not going to be a great offense. Uh, but Daniel Jones is enough to get Malik neighbors, the ball. And I mean, who cares otherwise, uh, Giants have Dallas, Seattle, Cincinnati over their next three games. Uh, you look at Dallas, they're very vulnerable, but they're probably, um, that's going to be a tough game for them. Seattle too. Uh, again, I think that's a winnable game, but probably will be very tough. And let's see what Cincinnati's at because Cincinnati is, is going to be in desperation mode, um, as well. Anyways, um, the one thing I would say about, um, Brian able to, we haven't even mentioned his name. I think he's done a pretty good job. Um, I think he's done a pretty good job. Obviously scheming it up very nicely for Malik neighbors. As you mentioned, moving him all around the field and not just all around the field on the line mat, but just all over the field in terms of depth. We're going to get him short. We're going to get him intermediate. And yeah, we're going to give him some deep shots. Yeah. 100%. Why not? You know, uh, I think the design for Malik neighbors has been, has been really, really good and really, really impressive. Um, but I will also say this, they have done such a good job designing a functional run game, um, their run game over the last two games. I've just been so impressed. Um, and again, Devin Singletary professional running back. He's like Devin Singletary is like, and it's funny that they're on the same team. I've said for a couple of years now, he's like the Darius Slaton of running backs. Okay. Like, is he good? No, he's not good, man, but he's like a professional, uh, more than just functional, like he's, you know, he can do all the things that you need to get done at the running back position, you know, whether you, whether you're running inside, whether you're running outside, whether you're throwing to the, to the running back out of the backfield, um, Devin Singletary can make it happen, man. So I, I've just, like I said, I think, uh, I've been really impressed with how Brian Dable, uh, and company have kind of leaned on Devin Singletary, uh, in the run game and that balance, I think has, has added a lot to the overall Giants, um, offensive ecosystem as well. Yeah. Hopefully, um, I do think there's, it's going to be a tough season for the Giants overall. Uh, you know, they just get their first win here. Um, yeah, they, uh, unfortunately, Malik neighbor dropped the fourth down pass and we too, they might've won that game otherwise. But, um, you know, Brian Dable just looks pretty frustrated all the time. I hope he can survive this for Giants fans. Cause I do think good offensive coach. There's just a few things that, um, there's just a few things that need to be tightened up here. Plug in a Hyundai EV and the extraordinary happens. 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