Try as we might, things don't always play our way in fantasy football.
Four weeks in, some of us are 0-4, or perhaps 1-3 and staring up in the standings at multiple 4-0 teams, and that hopeless feeling has started taking over. As a quick note of encouragement, don't give up! Teams rally from 0-4 and into the playoffs every single year, and besides, upstanding competitors give full effort from start to finish.
However, if what you desire is recapturing that preseason excitement of a new fantasy football season, there's a perfect pick-me-up: This is a great week to start up a brand-new Knockout league!
While many Knockout leagues kicked the season off in Week 1 with 18 teams, a Knockout league can start in any week. The one caveat is that you must fully complete your draft before the kickoff of the week's Thursday game in order for your season to begin during that specific week, so plan accordingly.