EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Odell Beckham Jr. spent about 90 minutes Wednesday inside the N.F.L.’s Manhattan offices trying to get his one-game suspension for unsportsmanlike and dangerous play overturned. But several hours later, the league announced that James Thrash, the appeals officer and former N.F.L. receiver, upheld the suspension imposed by the league.
If the Giants playoff hopes are still alive when they take the field Sunday night in Minnesota, they will have to upset the Vikings without their most explosive player.
Beckham issued a statement on his Twitter account minutes after the league announced the result of the appeal hearing.