User blog comment:SimBrotherCo/The Frustrating Part of Survivor/@comment-5426845-20130502020027

No. Since Eddie said he knew he couldn't last long in the challenge. So whats the point of staying in a challenge you can't win.

Erik is playing a great game. He is the swing vote every situation and nobody knows it. He is also a physical threat that will do whatever it takes to make it to the end.

Sherri played a great game early on but didn't notice her alliance had all the weaker players(by definition) and that's why her tribe faultered.

Eddie has been doing stuff. He is the most liked Amigo since when all 3 were still around, the vote was split Malcolm or Reynold. That means his social game is good and Andrea said herself, if he gets to the end, its going to be close(even though most of her allies are on the jury). As for challenges, he can't catch a break. He always makes it far but can't do it.

The eating challenge he placed third. The next one he placed 5th then he barely missed the post. He placed second in the next one(but most likely would have one if Cockyran didn't have an advantage) and then most recently he was in the running but couldn't solve the puzzle.

So i think its based on perspective. At least he has a better story than Carter from last season even though they both were pretty good. If you see his confessionals on youtube, you'll see he is actually pretty sensable and knows his mistakes and limits.