Afterall, she did have an amazing social game and was able to talk her way out of being targeted many weeks and made deals with the HoH's to keep her safe. Plus she did win a good amount of comps and did have a disadvantage being America's nominee & not having a fan base prior to this.
so morgan lied to neely and the other side and saved scott evicting neely from the game, which honestly, getting Neely out so early was a HUGE move! and she kept Neely on the block that week by winning the POV! BOOM she slayed