Alex Singleton hoped for the fast track.

He appears to be on it.

The Broncos inside linebacker has been cleared to return to practice this week, sources told The Denver Post, meaning he’s likely to be on the field just 18 days after having a cancerous tumor surgically removed from a testicle.

Because the tumor was caught in a very early stage and the surgery proved to be relatively non-invasive, Singleton told reporters Nov. 10 that he hoped to “recover pretty quickly from the surgery and then get up and running here pretty soon.”

Singleton, sources said, has received only good news in subsequent pathology and testing, and he told ABC’s “Good Morning America” in a sit-down interview that aired Tuesday that he’s hoping to play Sunday against Washington.

The first step toward playing

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