.Who is actually the most intelligent quarterback in the NFL?It's a question mature for dispute one of followers and also experts on the sporting activities talk shows. However our team intended to obtain the solution directly coming from the people in the greatest posture to understand: genuine NFL quarterbacks.As portion of FOX Sports' Quarterback Confidential, which our experts'll turn out in full on Thursday, our team questioned 38 NFL QBs anonymously in the course of training school as well as the preseason. The 1st question our company talked to was easy: Who's the smartest quarterback of all? Some QBs can address based on original understanding, some relied upon well-earned reputations, but after a couple of seconds to presume, nearly all provided red-hot actions. In this scenario, what is actually very most appealing might be that didn't appear among the top vote-getters. (More on that later on.) The victor? The most expert quarterback in the organization today, Aaron Rodgers, who at age 40 will definitely try again to resurrect the Nyc Jets after overlooking mostly all of last period along with a torn Achilles tendon. He's a Super Bowl champ as well as a four-time league MVP, so it may not be astonishing he succeeded the ballot. Rodgers was actually called through 15 of our quarterback respondents." Our experts played against him my novice year, and also it was actually thus trendy," one QB said. "You will listen to tales about his intelligence quotient and his way of viewing and also recognizing the game. However to observe it face to face, the technique he ran, simply palm signs ... his entire procedure lay and calm, like he will performed it a million times. I mean, he possesses." A near 2nd with 12 ballots was the Rams' Matthew Stafford, currently 36 and entering his 16th time. Stafford's smarts are renowned good enough that a person young quarterback still remembers his Wonderlic rating coming from 2009. The QB recalled Stafford scoring a 39, though truthfully it was merely a 38-- which is still excellent for any kind of non-Ryan Fitzpatrick passer." Exactly how he relocates folks around the field, and his knowledge of every little thing happening at once," one quarterback said of Stafford." The means he may adjust on the fly, only seeing him play live, he possesses a fantastic feel for all the details of the setting," said another.Another quarterback, certainly not knowing the results of our panel, properly assessed the best pair of, keeping in mind a basic variation in what makes each excellent." It's between Matthew Stafford and also Aaron Rodgers," he clarified. "Aaron does so much freestyling, but Matthew within the device is actually remarkably really good." The Falcons' Kirk Cousins was a distant third along with 3 ballots. In total, eight quarterbacks were actually named, consisting of a lot younger gamers like the Packers' Jordan Love as well as the 49ers' Brock Purdy.What's probably very most shocking is actually that the Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes-- he of the three Super Bowl succeeds and also 3 Super Dish MVPs-- was called by a single quarterback." I recognize what form of offense he operates, as well as the play telephone calls are actually fairly long," that QB mentioned. "What he performs is actually pretty outstanding." It's feasible that quarterbacks associate the Chiefs' offensive magic even more to move coach and also playcaller Andy Reid-- extra about that Tuesday. Mahomes most likely will have dominated if the concern were actually "That's the greatest quarterback?" yet our company wished to delve a little bit of much deeper with our concern. Our experts'll possess much more superlatives today as our company reveal the outcomes of our survey. For now, right here are actually the ultimate varieties on the league's smartest quarterback: Aaron Rodgers 15Matthew Stafford 12Kirk Cousins 3Jordan Affection 1Patrick Mahomes 1Dak Prescott 1Brock Purdy 1Russell WIlson 1( Three QBs dropped to respond to.) Greg Auman is an NFL Reporter for FOX Sports. He recently invested a years dealing with the Buccaneers for the Tampa Bay Moments and also The Athletic. You can easily observe him on Twitter at @gregauman. [Want terrific tales delivered straight to your inbox? Develop or even log in to your FOX Sports account, adhere to leagues, teams and players to get a customized email list daily.] Get even more from National Football Organization Follow your favorites to receive information concerning video games, news and more.