Let me preface this entire article by starting out with this very simple declaration; both the Steelers’ Cody Wallace and the Giants’ Odell Beckham, Jr are deserving of punishment from the league. There’s no other way to put it. Where things immediately differ is how and why these two incidents are not alike.
In the case of Beckham, Jr., his incident was more than just one over the course of one game. OBJ had already accrued numerous personal fouls/unsportsmanlike conduct penalties during his many dust-ups with Panthers’ Josh Norman.
As NFL Vice-President of Officiating Dean Blandino has stated, “The officials would have been within their rights to eject Beckham from the game.