Cody Wallace will likely become the eighth Steelers player to receive a fine from the NFL following Sunday's win over the Broncos.

Per Jeremy Folwer of ESPN, the Steelers center will receive a "hefty fine" after Wallace landed a late hit on David Bruton during Pittsburgh's 34-27 win over Denver.

Wallace, who helped anchor an offensive line that allowed Ben Roethlisberger to complete 40 passes for 380 yards, explained his reasoning for his late hit that came after teammate Antonio Brown was hit late by Broncos defensive end Malik Jackson.

Steelers' Cody Wallace comes in late and hits David Bruton in the head pic.twitter.com/UwwyxmQIIZ — The Cauldron (@TheCauldron) December 20, 2015

"You know, their guy kind of took a shot at AB, so we really couldn't let that fly," Wallace said. "That's the way it's going to go. But that's not right."

Wallace's hit and sequential explantation for it called to mind Jack Lambert's actions after throwing Cliff Harris to the ground during the Steelers win over the Cowboys in Super Bowl X. After Harris taunted kicker Roy Gerella after his third missed field goal of the game, Lambert came to his kicker's aid, saying after the game: "We're the Pittsburgh Steelers. We're supposed to be the intimidators."

While his late hit was evidently the result of a good intention, it will likely result to Wallace joining Chris Boswell, Brown, Mike Mitchell, David DeCastro, DeAngelo Williams, William Gay, Arthur Moats, and Cameron Heyward of Steelers players to have been fined by the NFL this season. It will be the ninth fine for Pittsburgh this season, as the team has as many player fines as it has wins heading into the final two weeks of the regular season.