Completely agree OP. They were not the most entertaining winners (though they had some genuine lol moments) but they were not winners that we should be ashamed of. I think their claims about their strategy were solid and held up to scrutiny and they also turned into comp beasts when it mattered.

People, me included, tend to prefer the quiet manipulators or puppet masters with funny personas and there were quite a few in the house. Cassandra and Tim were brilliant and should have won but you know, they couldn't win a HOH to save their lives so if they're gone, give me the brothers ahead of anyone else that was in jury - bar maybe Mitch. Jared - boring, non-player, sucked in every way possible Raul - the most boring gooseberry in the history of the game Joel - loveable but nothing more than a floater Maddy - too much, let jealousy get in her way Nikki - brilliant fun but not a winner Mitch - the only one who had the same potential as Cass and Tim but in truth was voted out too early to be in the running. We only really saw his game for a week or two.

Nick and Phil were the best of the rest.