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. Hes a part of the brotherhood, the NFL, but I believe his demonstration started so he could shed light on the inequalities that we have between the people of color in this country.Ive wanted to shed the light on that issue and hopefully we as a great nation we can come to a place where we all say enough and we gather together and we say we do have the ability to show what true patriotism is and thats what were going to do instead of sharing hate. 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The relationship with hitting coach Chad Mottola has been critical to Linds turnaround. The two first got to know each other well in 2006 as teammates at Triple-A Syracuse. Then, in September of that season, both were playing in Toronto – Lind getting his first taste of big league ball, Mottola as a veteran journeyman. Mottola retired to become the Blue Jays roving hitting instructor. He watched, occasionally up close and sometimes from afar, as Lind thrived. When it all fell apart, Mottola reminded Lind of the need to get back to what was working. "I like to work with whats working good rather than talk about the bad," said Mottola. "When Adam came down last year he had a little bit of doubt in his mind if he could still do this but I was convinced he could. So having the relationship we had where I could look him in the eye and say, I promise you, you still have it in you and well slow the game down to help you out to do it." Lind had become a dead pull hitter. 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