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Thanks for the info - is there ever a situation where it is more advantageous to operate as an under the cap team? Or is it always more advantageous to be over the cap?

(From my limited understanding and what you describe above it sounds like there never would be but wanted to make sure I'm understanding correctly)

Being under the cap means your payroll will be lower, saving some cash.

Being under the cap gives you a chance to sign a free agent for more than the big MLE, whereas you can't do that if you are over (except with the cooperation of the old team).

But if you are over the cap, and can still get the same player(s), there is far more opportunity to build out the roster with players you prefer. Bigger exceptions, trade exceptions, those are tools not available to the under-cap team.