Phoenix was probably just going with what I said because he figured I'd be the one to get lynched since you all were on me like flies on poo right away. I don't know why Ema and Valant went after him, probably because he was an easy target and they knew you guys have more suspicion towards me than him, so it was an easy plan: make it look like Will is town by insisting he be lynched, so that when Gant goes along and says "Hey, look at this! He may be the godfather!", then you all would laugh in my face and lynch me.