I think the dilemma is, when it’s a penultimate leg with elimination, Phil needs to tell them they’re one of the three teams competing for a million, hence the need to chat more after and ask them to share their feelings.
If in fact it’s a non-elimination, there would not be such mention and I don’t think teams would be thrilled to not hear this speech (in contrast to sighting saying C/C were happy on the mat).
If it is a KOR, I think it’s still possible Phil can chat with them a bit (as I don’t think they really rush off immediately, they could edit to make it look like so when broadcast), but the thing is sightings would show Phil hand them a clue for sure.
I’m confused then why Phil kept the clues but no one saw him giving it out?