It’d be difficult to blame Alex Singleton if he felt cursed. Confused. Just plain mad.

Instead, he felt nothing but some pain in his left thumb and a sense of irony.

On July 28, the Broncos inside linebacker reached a day he’d been dreaming about through months of rehab: His first practice in pads since tearing his ACL on Sept. 22, 2024, against Tampa Bay.

The fun didn’t last a full camp practice. Singleton was mid-practice when he tried to punch at the ball, but instead caught position-mate Dre Greenlaw’s brace.

Broken left thumb. A plate and a screw inserted to help heal the fracture.

It didn’t shelve Singleton for long, but it did change the trajectory of his training camp.

It also could well have spooked the 31-year-old, who this weekend hits the one-year anniversary of his knee

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