Vontaze Burfict is sitting on strike two, and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is eager to see what he will do next.
Will the Pro Bowl Cincinnati Bengals linebacker alter the borderline style of play that earned him a three-game suspension at the start of next season, or will he continue to play in a way the league considers detrimental to the health and safety of other players?
That's the big question Burfict has to answer for himself.
Sources told ESPN's Dan Graziano that Burfict's appeal of the three-game ban was heard Thursday and upheld by league appeals officer Derrick Brooks.