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TEMPE, Ariz. -- The Arizona Cardinals returned to practice Tuesday after a long bye weekend off and the biggest news was Tyrann Mathieus rapid recovery from a shoulder injury.Coach Bruce Arians said he `really has been surprised by how quickly Mathieu is coming back. The do-everything All-Pro defensive back was projected to be out three to six weeks after he sustained a shoulder subluxation in the teams Oct. 30 loss at Carolina.Arians described Mathieu as real close but didnt know if that meant he could play Sunday when the Cardinals are home against the San Francisco 49ers.Mathieu is coming off an offseason knee surgery and was getting closer to being his old self when the shoulder injury hit. His absence could mean another chance for rookie Brandon Williams, a starter at cornerback when the season began. Williams lost his job to Marc us Cooper after struggling mightily and has been inactive in recent weeks.I thought Brandon has gotten better and better, Arians said. He had a nice interception today. He is more than ready if he is needed.Arians said tight end Darren Fells (ankle) and outside linebacker Alex Okafor (calf) were ahead of schedule in their return from injury. There was no official injury report because Tuesdays workout was a bonus practice due to the bye week.We actually should get a few guys back that might be able to play in this ball game that I didnt think we would, Arians said.The Cardinals entered the bye with a disappointing 3-4-1 record midway through their season. 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LOS ANGELES -- The Latest on a skydivers attempt to jump 25,000 feet into a net (all times local):6:10 p.m.Skydiver Luke Aikins has become the first person to jump from a plane into a net on the ground without the benefit of a parachute.Aikins hit the 100-by-100-foot net perfectly, quickly climbed out of it and walked over to hug his wife, who had been watching with other family members.Just before climbing into a plane to make the jump, Aikins said he had been ordered to wear a parachute but indicated he wouldnt open it.As the plane was climbing to 25,000 feet above the drop zone he said the requirement had been lifted and he took off the chute.He fell for about two minutes, then flipped onto his back at the last second and landed perfectly to cheers from those gathered to watch.---5:45 p.m.Skydiver Luke Aikins says he learned just hours before his planned attempt to skydive from a plane into a net on the ground that hed have to wear a parachute in order to do it.He says he put it on but hinted strongly that he wouldnt open it.In a live broadcast from the plane hell jump from Aikins says wearing a parachute will make the jump more dangerous because hell have its canister on his back when he hits the net at about 120 mph.Aikins says he heard from the Screen Actors Guild that the jump couldnt go on unless he wore a parachute.The jump is being broadcast live on the Fox network.---5:30 p.m.Skydiver Luke Aikins says hell be wearing a parachute when he tries to become the first person to land in a net without using one.ddddddddddddAikins revealed about an hour before his scheduled jump Saturday in Simi Valley, California, that the Screen Actors Guild told him the jump cant be done unless he wears a parachute.He didnt elaborate but the jump is being broadcast on Fox television as part of a one-hour TV special.Aikins says he is disappointed because wearing a chute will actually make it harder for him to properly put himself over the 100-foot-by-100-foot net.He didnt say if he plans to actually open the parachute at any point.---7 a.m.Skydiver Luke Aikins figures his next leap into thin air will start pretty much like the thousands that preceded it, only with one small but significant difference.This time when he steps out of a plane at 25,000 feet he wont take his parachute with him.If all goes according to plan, he will land two minutes later in a trawler-like fishing net 20 stories above the ground and about a third the size of a football field.His jump is being broadcast live on Fox TV at 8 p.m. EDT Saturday.The 42-year-old daredevil has made 18,000 jumps.Hes done stunts for Ironman 3 and other movies and trained elite skydivers.But on Saturday hell become the first skydiver to go from plane to planet Earth without a parachute. 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