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TEMPE, Ariz. -- Tyrann Mathieu isnt the Honey Badger of old just yet, and its by his own choice.Barely eight months since surgery to repair a torn ACL, Mathieus right knee is not ready for the rigors of scrambling all over the field as he did last season, a performance that earned him an All-Pro selection.Coach Bruce Arians said hes waiting for Mathieu to come to him to say hes ready.The message from Mathieu this week: not yet.So he will line up strictly at free safety when the Cardinals play at Buffalo on Sunday.Every day it eats at me because Im not able to do what I want to do, Mathieu said. But my coaches, they keep me encouraged. They keep me positive. I think thats whats really been helping me stay patient.He said that after the season opener against New England, I felt really sore.This past Sunday I felt better than the previous week, Mathieu said. I think as time continues to go on, the little soreness, tightness, tendinitis, once those things go away, Ill know that Im ready to get back to what I normally do.Defensive coordinator James Boettcher said Mathieu remains a game wrecker.Wherever he lines up, hes going to affect the game, Boettcher said.Its against Mathieus aggressive nature to patiently wait for the soreness to go away.Definitely a sign of maturity, cornerback Patrick Peterson said. Ty understands what he means to this team and we definitely need him in the long haul. The coaching staff is doing a great job of just easing him into the game plan, make sure that hes ready as much as possible when we really need him in October, because thats when you really find out the kind of team you have.Mathieu said the worst part of his recovery is over, the monotonous rehabilitation process.Dealing with depression, he said. Getting down on yourself and just having to do the same thing over and over again. Everybody else is on vacation, youve got to go to work. That was probably the hardest part.It was Mathieus second knee injury in three seasons. He tore his left ACL in 2013.The latest injury occurred in Week 15 of last season at Philadelphia and was less severe than the previous one, but Mathieu knew what he was in for.He knows the effect the wear and tear of playing all over the field has on his legs.I think last year, I dont know the percentage, but I was running a lot more than everybody else on the team, running back and forth, nickel, the different things I was doing, he said.Once he can do that again without soreness, he will be back to his Honey Badger ways.In the meantime, hes learning a new position.I like playing in the box, where instinct is going to take over, Mathieu said, but when youre playing in the middle of the field youve got to kind of control your instincts, because they can throw the ball over your head and it will be a touchdown. Its a new challenge for me. 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As he recorded his 23rd and 24th points of the evening, a segment of the sellout Air Canada Centre crowd expressed their appreciation for the Raptors point guard with a smattering of MVP chants.Family Tree did Thursday night at Prairie Meadows in the Grade 3, $200,000 Iowa Oaks what she could not do May 28 in a Churchill Downs allowance race, namely hold off Ready to Confess and win a horse race.At Churchill last month, pace-pressing Ready to Confess challenged pace-setting Family Tree in upper stretch and pushed past to win by three-quarters of a length. Ready to Confess had aim at Family Tree in upper stretch again in the Iowa Oaks and could make no late ground, going down by two lengths. It was another 3-1/2 lengths back to Put Da Blame On Me in third, with 104-1 shot For All the Grands fourth.Thrilled, the 8-5 favorite for trainer Todd Pletcher, dueled inside Marquee Miss through a solid opening quarter-mile in 23.29 seconds and a half in a demanding 46.32 and took the worst of the pace battle, fading to finish ninth of 10.The pace probably took its toll, and surely many horses Thursday night did not care for the surface, rated good for the Oaks, as it was drying after heavy rain hit Prairie Meadows just before the first race on the card.Meanwhile, jockey Florent Geroux had Family Tree perched just behind the dueling leaders down the backstretch and around the far turn. Family Tree this year and last always has run better chasing horses than making the pace, and she cemented that preference Thursday night, making a decisive move to the lead past the quarter pole and finishing with plenty of energy to turn away Ready to Confess.Wayne Catalano trained Family Tree for Gary and Mary West early in her career, saw her moved into Bob Bafferts barn for several starts, but got Family Tree back again when the Wests decided to leave her with Catalano when Baffert dispersed his spring Churchill string. Family Tree worked twice for Catalano and broke through Thursday night with her third win fromm eight starts and first stakes victory.ddddddddddddShe ran 1-1/16 miles in 1:43.25 and paid $8. Family Tree is a daughter of Smart Strike and the Giants Causeway mare Giant Mover, and she was bred by Dell Ridge Farm and Sam-Son Farms.Tarty to the Party comes late to win SaylorvillePoor Dr. Fagers Gal. She was the rare horse to emerge energized from a dreaded between trip after being caught outside Donitas Ruler and inside Shesabrees from the midpoint on the the far turn to the midpoint of the homestretch in the Saylorville Stakes on Thursday. But no sooner had Dr. Fagers Gal come back on to retake the lead from Shesabrees than Tarty to the Party clipped home on the far outside to score a 12-1 upset in the $100,000 Saylorville for female sprinters.Tarty to the Party lingered last of six for jockey Corey Lanerie down the backstretch and around the turn in the six-furlong Saylorville, and even at the stretch call she had but one horse beat. Thats where Tarty to the Party began doing her best work, however, and as Dr. Fagers Gal valiantly pulled clear in the final furlong, Tarty to the Party swooped in and stole a win.Ray Tracy trains the winner for J. R. Boesen and Patrick Sullivan, who claimed the 7-year-old for $25,000 in May after theyd lost her for $20,000 in March. That was a timely reclaim, since the mare is by Speightstown and out of a Royal Academy mare, enough pedigree to make a first stakes win in a six-figure open race mean something. Tarty to the Party ran six furlongs in 1:09.56 and paid $25.60 to win.Shesabrees had the lead before the furlong grounds but flattened late and finished third, a neck behind Dr. Fagers Gal and three-quarters in front of Fioretti. ' ' '