CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Myles Garrett’s appeals hearing has been set for Wednesday morning with appeals officer James Thrash, a league source told cleveland.com.

Garrett has been suspended indefinitely but for at least the final six games of this season and postseason for ripping off Mason Rudolph’s helmet and striking him over the head with it.

Browns defensive end Sheldon Richardson said Garrett was provoked by Rudolph and he’s ‘very surprised’ Rudolph wasn’t also suspended.

Browns coach Freddie Kitchens, when asked if Garrett was provoked, said, ‘you saw the tape.’ He later said, "there’s no excuse (for what he did), but we’re going to support Myles going forward.''

Garrett plans to attend the hearing in person, a league source told cleveland.com. ESPN’s Adam Schefter first reported that detail.

Larry Ogunjobi’s appeal of his one-game suspension is being heard today by Thrash and Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey’s three-game suspension will be heard on Tuesday by Derrick Brooks, a league source told cleveland.com.

If Ogunjobi wins his appeal, he’ll be permitted to play in Sunday against the Dolphins at FirstEnergy Stadium.

NFL head of football operations Troy Vincent told CBS Sports’ Jason LaCanfora it ‘was an easy decision’ to give Garett the rest of the season, so it seems unlikely it will be significantly reduced.

Ogunjobi got one game for shoving Rudolph down from behind moments after Garrett struck him, and Pouncey got three games for repeatedly punching and kicking Garrett in retaliation.

Pending his appeal, Garrett will need to apply for re-instatement with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. The three players will be fined an additional amount, and both clubs were fined $250,000. A dozen or so additional players could be fined for leaving the bench and entering the fray.

“That’s not us,” Vincent told LaCanfora of Garrett in a detailed review of the fight. “That’s not who we are. There is no place for that in our game. We all know that. That, frankly, is an easy decision to suspend the player for the duration of the season ... Imagine if he hit him with the crown of the helmet? We cannot have that on a football field.”

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Vincent also noted that he and his staff didn’t feel that Rudolph’s actions rose to the level of a suspension, but he will be fined. After being planted on his back and head by Garrett following a short throw with eight second left in the game, Rudolph tried to rip off Garrett’s helmet and shoved him away with a foot to the groin area. Rudolph’s camp felt a flag should’ve been thrown on the late hit.

"The grabbing of the facemask, that is a fine," Vincent said. "We'll continue to sort through that next week, but yes, there could be multiple fines coming to him if we find another action that constitutes unsportsmanlike conduct."

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Vincent also explained his thinking on suspending Browns Ogunjobi, who ran up to a stationery Rudolph from behind and shoved him to the ground just moments after he had been struck in the head by Garrett with the helmet. Rudolph had already suffered one concussion this season, when he was knocked out cold by Earl Thomas in the Ravens games last month. He missed one game with it.

"This is an individual who, in our view, was going out of his way to escalate this situation," Vincent said. "This is an action that could start another melee. It is a potential re-escalation."

Vincent explained why Pouncey, who repeatedly punched and kicked Myles Garrett, including in the helmet when he was down on the ground, got three games.

“It’s about the choice the player made,” Vincent said of Pouncey. "It’s about the action itself. What did he do and what could he have done? It’s not the result, or intent, it’s what did he do. Look at what 66 (David DeCastro) and 71 (Matt Feiler) did, and then compare that to 53 (Pouncey). He made multiple attempts to strike at and potentially injure another player.”

Vincent said his priority on Thursday night and Friday morning was the suspensions, and that the fines will be handed down this week.

“…we will have plenty to sort through next week as well, and I can assure you, there is another wave of fines coming."

Vincent stressed the league fined both teams $250,000 because the actions of their players falls on them. The clubs meet again in Pittsburgh on Dec. 1.

"You have to approach this with the entire organization, and not just individual players when you see an egregious situation like this,’’ he said.

Vincent said the league is examining all camera angles to determine who else will be fined.

“We already got a quick look at who was walking off the sideline and who was sprinting,” Vincent said. “We’ll take a very close look at all of that (this) week.”