PFT Commenter's Grade 2 Hamstring Injury Comeback, Explained

Pardon My Take has never needed much of an excuse to turn one guy's bad day into a running storyline, and PFT Commenter just handed them a gift. The injury itself is simple enough on its face: he ran 200 yards and came away with what's being called a Grade 2 hamstring strain, the kind of injury that actually sidelines real NFL players for weeks. PFT's version of it played out on camera in real time.

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PFT gets a Grade 2 hamstring injury running 200 yards

There's no hockey anywhere in that clip, and that's the joke. It's just a guy laughing on the grass near a SeatGeek ad board while people help him get dressed after apparently blowing out his hamstring on a 200-yard jog. Pardon My Take's main account posted the identical clip minutes later with a more literal caption, spelling out the diagnosis for anyone who missed the bit the first time around.

Then came the recovery update, and it's where the joke really takes off. PFT posted a car-selfie video claiming he'd bounced back from the injury in a record-setting six months, tying it directly to an upcoming show appearance.

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Recovered from my hamstring injury in record time (6 months) now im back. Tune in to watch us get our ass kicked

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Tonight on @StoolAfterDark - Skills Challenges featuring 1 Barstool employee vs 1 USA Football player - Challenges include: Nicky Smokes vs their QB, Katic vs their Center, PFT vs Rodrigo Blankenship - Flag Football Game (Barstool adds a new player each time we lose) t.co/bvwQqOIKki

Six months for a Grade 2 strain is, generously, an aggressive timeline — actual NFL and NBA training staffs usually clock those injuries at anywhere from 2 to 8 weeks depending on severity, not half a calendar year. That's the punchline: PFT's framing his own slow, mundane recovery like a heroic athletic comeback story, complete with a game-day pep talk about getting beaten on the show.

None of this is a real medical update, obviously, and nobody's pretending otherwise. It's PFT Commenter doing what PFT Commenter does — turning a dumb personal mishap into a multi-post bit that Pardon My Take's account is happy to amplify. The 'we' getting its ass kicked is presumably a segment or appearance still to come, and given how long PMT has stretched running jokes before, don't expect this hamstring saga to wrap up quietly.