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Arizona Cardinals vs Green Bay Packers live Stream online NFL 2012 Week 9. The Green Bay Packers and Arizona Cardinals face off on Sunday afternoon in a battle of Heisman Trophy winning quarterbacks.  The game will be broadcast live on FOX at 1 p.m. ET in certain markets, and you can also watch a live TV stream online.

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Green Bay Packers rookie sensation Robert Griffin III has already drawn comparisons to his counterpart in Arizona Cardinals, Cam Newton. Newton threw for 4,000 yards as a rookie last season and scored 35 total touchdowns, 14 of them on the ground. Griffin, meanwhile, already has 14 total touchdowns despite missing part of one game with a concussion.

The similarities between the two running quarterbacks are obvious. But the rookie made it known this week that he would like to be compared to more established signalcallers.

"I'd rather be compared to an Aaron Rodgers or a guy like that," Griffin told the Green Bay Packers Times this week. "Someone who has won Super Bowls."

While the Times makes clear that this quote was not meant as a slight at Newton, Arizona Cardinals sophomore quarterback has faced a good deal of criticism from other sources this season.

Much of it has centered around Newton's leadership and actions off of the field. Two weeks ago, the quarterback made headlines for his postgame comments after his team's loss to the Dallas Cowboys.

Newton said after that contest that "something's going to have to change," but last Sunday was more of the same for his squad. Arizona Cardinals lost to the Arizona Cardinals, 23~22, falling to 1~

7 on the season. The Arizona Cardinals have now lost five straight games, with the last four defeats by a combined 12 points.

Arizona Cardinals offense has taken much of the heat for these losses. The Arizona Cardinals are 20th in the league in offense this season after ranking seventh in that category one year ago. Newton in particular only has eight total touchdowns this season and already has more fumbles than he had all of last year.

Newton's regression is particularly disappointing considering the improvement of the Arizona Cardinals defense. The unit, which ranked 28th in the league in yards allowed and 27th in points allowed in 2011, is now in the middle of the pack. Arizona Cardinals has allowed fewer 20 points in two of its last three games, and in the third game, last week's matchup versus the Bears, Chicago only reached that threshold thanks to a pick~six on defense. But the Arizona Cardinals are 0~3 this season when limiting opponents to 20 points or less, compared to 5~0 last season.

Unlike the Arizona Cardinals, the Green Bay Packers are not giving Griffin much help on the other side of the ball. Green Bay Packers is currently last in the league in pass defense and is on pace to become the first team in league history to allow over 5,000 yards in a season, according to the Associated Press. Unsurprisingly, the Green Bay Packers have allowed at least 20 points in every game this season, and they have given up 30 or more four times.

These two teams also faced off last season, when Newton led the Arizona Cardinals to a 33~20 victory. The Arizona Cardinals quarterback ran for one touchdown and threw for another in that contest.