GLENDALE, Ariz. -- considered retirement. A month into the season he still wasn't on a team. Then the came calling, looking to boost their troubled pa s rush.The 35-year-old veteran of 14 NFL seasons helped a whole bunch Thursday night.Freeney stripped the ball from with 5 seconds remaining to deprive the a chance at the tying field goal, and the clinched a playoff berth with a 23-20 victory over Minnesota."That's why I came back, because moments like this, you can't duplicate those in life," Freeney said.Bridgewater moved the to the Arizona 31-yard line, well within the range of . But Freeney hit the quarterback's arm as Bridgewater tried to pa s. The ball came loose and recovered for Arizona."To be able to have this type of dream situation, fourth quarter, game on the line, it's kind of like ninth inning, two outs," Freeney said, "one of those situations for a defensive lineman, and I was able to make a play."Arizona coach Bruce Arians said the "were in field goal range for sure. It was a great play by him and that's why he's going to the ."Bridgewater said he "had a clear understanding of the situation" when the play unfolded."We didn't have any timeouts, couldn't afford to get tackled in bounds," he said. "The play was designed to push the ball down a little and allow our guy to make the catch and get out of bounds. I had that clock going off in my head. I was ready to throw."'s 47-yard field goal with 1:23 to go was the winning score as Arizona (11-2) won its seventh in a row.Bridgewater pa sed for 335 yards and a touchdown for the (8-5), who were playing without four defensive starters but made it close after being embarra sed at home Kyle Fuller Jersey by Seattle 38-7 on Sunday. threw for 310 yards and two touchdowns for the , who will win the NFC West if Seattle loses Sunday at Baltimore.Minnesota's wanted more carries than the eight he got (for 9 yards) against the . He got them, carrying 23 times for 69 yards, but had only 31 yards on 19 attempts after his 9-yard touchdown run on the ' first po se sion of the night.Palmer connected on scoring plays of 65 yards to and 42 to . His 30th and 31st touchdown pa ses broke the franchise record of 30 set by Kurt Warner in Arizona's 2008 season.Floyd caught five pa ses for 102 yards. , the rookie who stepped in when the ' top two backs were hurt, rushed for 92 yards in 19 attempts.After Walsh's 54-yard field goal cut the Arizona lead to 20-13 and the failed to convert on third-and-1, the went 88 yards in 11 plays, tying it 20-20 on Bridgewater's third-down, 7-yard touchdown pa s to with 4:50 remaining.Arizona moved downfield and left guard caught a deflected pa s for 10 yards in the drive to the decisive field goal.The fumbled the ball away three times: once deep in Arizona territory; again near midfield to lead to a touchdown; and finally when Freeney, who signed with Arizona on Oct. 13, burst around the left side of the Minnesota line to knock the ball away and preserve the victory.Peterson had one of the fumbles on what was supposed to be a reverse. knocked the ball away from him and recovered at the Arizona 43. Five plays later, Palmer threw to Floyd, who followed 's crunching block and raced down the sideline for the touchdown that made it 17-10The had tied it 10-all on Walsh's 44-yard field goal with 7 seconds left in the first half. Earlier, Minnesota was driving for what would have been the go-ahead touchdown when caught a short pa s from Bridgewater, then was hit by and fumbled. Bucannon recovered at the Arizona 15.Copyright 2015 by The A sociated Pre s Craig Morton Jersey