Cardinals' ascension has Larry Fitzgerald riding high

Cardinals' ascension has Larry Fitzgerald riding high

This is what pure joy looks like.

It’s a 32-year-old Larry Fitzgerald, helmet off, braids flying, sprinting to midfield and leaping into Dwight Freeney’s arms, moments after Freeney clinched a 23-20 win against the Minnesota Vikings by stripping the ball out of Teddy Bridgewater’s hand. Together, Freeney and Fitzgerald tumbled to the grass as the Cardinals clinched an NFC playoff spot.

“I thought he was going to break my back,” outside linebacker Dwight Freeney told USA TODAY Sports, laughing. “I saw him coming, and I thought I'd be able to hold him. But I was too tired, and he was too heavy.”

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