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INDIANAPOLIS -- Colts tight end Dwayne Allen can handle the criticism he receives from people about not being able to stay healthy.The facts are clear cut about Allens inability to stay on the field. Hes already missed 21 games in his five-year career and will miss even more now that hes on crutches and wearing a boot because of an ankle injury.What Allen cannot tolerate, though, is receiving hatred and racial comments from people. That was the case when he was shown Sunday on camera, and misreported, according to Allen, on one knee at the end of the national anthem prior to the start of the game against the Houston Texans.Allen, who said hes been doing that at the same point in the anthem since he entered the NFL in 2012, released a video through the Colts website late Tuesday evening and then addressed the matter again Wednesday afternoon.I was not protesting, I was praying, he said. Whether I was protesting or not, it doesnt give the right for others to use those words of hate. If you want to show patriotism, show patriotism, have pride about this great nation, show your love and devotion about this great nation. Dont use words of hate to try to show harm to someone else.If you want to talk about my play, how Im often injured, thats part of the territory. I get it. But to use words of hate to try to break me down because you thought I was protesting something. You wanted to mask what really is in your heart, the hatred under the false pretense of patriotism. Thats not right. Thats not right to millions of Americans who do show patriotism in the right way.Allen reached the breaking point and knew he had to speak up after receiving countless comments on Twitter because people thought he was taking a knee in the same manner that San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who has been?protesting police brutality and racial oppression.I cant allow this to continue to go on and other players who have received this type of abuse without a light being shed on this issue, Allen said. Im not friends with Colin Kaepernick. 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