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Colts linebacker Erik Walden suspended one game for head butt

Linebacker Erik Walden is with his fourth team in seven NFL seasons. (Michael Hickey/Getty Images) Erik Walden, who head butted Titans tight end Delanie
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Colts linebacker Erik Walden suspended one game for head butt
Colts linebacker Erik Walden suspended one game for head butt

Linebacker Erik Walden is with his fourth team in seven NFL seasons. (Michael Hickey/Getty Images)

Erik Walden, who head butted Titans tight end Delanie Walker in Thursday's 30-27 Colts win, was suspended one game, according to Fox Sports' Jay Glazer.

Walker wasn't wearing a helmet at the time because Walden ripped it off by his face mask during the play. Walden was given an unnecessary roughness penalty but wasn't ejected.

Walden, a seventh-year player out of Middle Tennessee State who has 28 tackles, two sacks and a forced fumble this season, has the right to appeal, so he could play in Sunday's game in Arizona and miss the rematch with the Titans in two weeks.

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