.Who is actually the smartest quarterback in the NFL?It's a question mature for dispute amongst followers in addition to pundits on the sporting activities talk shows. Yet our team wished to receive the response directly from individuals in the most ideal placement to recognize: genuine NFL quarterbacks.As component of FOX Sports' Quarterback Confidential, which our experts'll roll out in full on Thursday, our experts questioned 38 NFL QBs anonymously during the course of training school and the preseason. The very first question our team asked was actually basic: Who is actually the most intelligent quarterback of all? Some QBs could address based upon in person knowledge, some depended on well-earned online reputations, yet after a handful of secs to believe, nearly all used enthusiastic reactions. Within this scenario, what's most exciting may be that really did not show up amongst the leading vote-getters. (Even more on that eventually.) The champion? The most skilled quarterback in the game today, Aaron Rodgers, that at grow older 40 is going to attempt again to resurrect the Nyc Jets after skipping nearly all of last time along with a torn Achilles ligament. He's a Super Dish champ as well as a four-time organization MVP, so it may certainly not be actually astonishing he succeeded the vote. Rodgers was called by 15 of our quarterback respondents." We bet him my rookie year, and it was actually so amazing," one QB claimed. "You would certainly listen to tales concerning his IQ and his means of seeing and understanding the video game. However to see it personally, the method he operated, only hand signals ... his entire procedure was smooth and also calm, like he will done it a million opportunities. I imply, he possesses." A near 2nd along with 12 ballots was the Rams' Matthew Stafford, now 36 and also entering his 16th time. Stafford's smarts are renowned enough that people youthful quarterback still remembers his Wonderlic credit rating coming from 2009. The QB recollected Stafford scoring a 39, however in reality it was actually simply a 38-- which is still impressive for any sort of non-Ryan Fitzpatrick passer." Exactly how he relocates individuals around the area, and also his know-how of every thing happening at once," one quarterback claimed of Stafford." The way he can easily change on the fly, simply watching him play real-time, he has an excellent sample of all the ins and outs of the setting," claimed another.Another quarterback, not knowing the final results of our panel, accurately evaluated the leading two, noting a vital distinction in what makes each terrific." It's between Matthew Stafford as well as Aaron Rodgers," he detailed. "Aaron accomplishes this a lot freestyling, but Matthew within the device is extremely good." The Falcons' Kirk Cousins was actually a distant third along with three votes. In total, eight quarterbacks were named, featuring much more youthful gamers like the Packers' Jordan Passion and the 49ers' Brock Purdy.What's probably very most shocking is that the Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes-- he of the 3 Super Bowl gains and also three Super Bowl MVPs-- was actually called through a single quarterback." I understand what form of outburst he operates, and the play phone calls are pretty long," that QB mentioned. "What he carries out is quite remarkable." It's possible that quarterbacks credit the Chiefs' objectionable sorcery more to head train as well as playcaller Andy Reid-- much more on that particular Tuesday. Mahomes most likely would possess dominated if the concern were actually "Who's the very best quarterback?" yet our team intended to dig a little bit of deeper along with our concern. Our team'll have a lot more superlatives today as our company unveil the end results of our study. Meanwhile, right here are actually the last amounts on the game's most intelligent quarterback: Aaron Rodgers 15Matthew Stafford 12Kirk Cousins 3Jordan Passion 1Patrick Mahomes 1Dak Prescott 1Brock Purdy 1Russell WIlson 1( 3 QBs dropped to respond to.) Greg Auman is actually an NFL Media Reporter for FOX Sports. He formerly invested a years dealing with the Buccaneers for the Tampa Bay Gulf Times and The Athletic. You may follow him on Twitter at @gregauman. [Want wonderful stories delivered right to your inbox? Develop or even log in to your FOX Athletics account, comply with organizations, groups and gamers to receive an individualized e-newsletter daily.] Receive more from National Football League Observe your preferences to obtain relevant information concerning activities, news and also more.