I too would've liked to see how high Eaton could PV today, but I have to agree with his strategic decision here, conserve energy for a strong JAV and 1500m, so that he can break the OR.
He already owns the WR, but has no Olympic medal of any color, so any risking of his imminent GOLD (and OR) for chasing a few points off his own WR seems unnecessarily foolish.
Assuming Trey has a healthy elbow, he should throw 64-68 in the JAV (and might have a 70 PB within reach) but will lose any points he gains on Eaton in the 1500. He's down 222 now after 8; I think he'll finish about 240-250 off Ashton. No one should catch him for Silver; he's up 232 on the next bunch of 5 (and up 376 on Suarez) and only Van Alphen and Suarez can match Trey's JAV.
The race for Bronze is open for 6 people, although of these 6, Kasyanov & Karpov will drop out of contention thanks to their poor JAV. (Karpov has always baffled me with his frame/shoulders; he should be a much better thrower than he is.)
That means the race for Bronze is really among 4: SUAREZ (who should make up a lot of ground in the Jav, could hit 75ish, and can hit a 4:20); VAN ALPHEN (should out-throw Warner & Freimuth by a little bit, around 64-65, and then run a ~4:20); REIMUTH, aka Vanilla Ice (only a 62-63 Jav, then a 4:35); and the wild card is the young Canadian WARNER who is not a great thrower yet (expect 60-62) and maybe a bit under 4:30.... but he's young, and I think still improving, he might have more throw and run in him than that. I like his chances better than Freimuth, and is definitely someone to keep an eye on in coming years.
It's a dammned shame the gremlin hurdle knocked Bryan Clay out of the trials. This definitely would've been a USA sweep of all 3 medals.