.Who's the smartest quarterback in the NFL?It's a concern mature for controversy amongst followers and also pundits on the sports chat. However our team wanted to get the solution directly from individuals in the greatest posture to recognize: real NFL quarterbacks.As portion of FOX Sports' Quarterback Confidential, which our company'll turn out completely on Thursday, our company questioned 38 NFL QBs anonymously during the course of training camp and the preseason. The very first question we talked to was actually easy: Who's the most intelligent quarterback of all? Some QBs might address based upon in person knowledge, some relied upon well-earned track records, but after a handful of few seconds to presume, almost all offered impassioned feedbacks. In this case, what is actually most fascinating could be that didn't appear one of the best vote-getters. (A lot more about that later on.) The champion? The best expert quarterback in the organization today, Aaron Rodgers, that at age 40 will certainly make an effort once again to reanimate the Nyc Jets after missing out on nearly all of final season with a torn Achilles tendon. He is actually a Super Bowl champ as well as a four-time organization MVP, so it may certainly not be actually astonishing he won the vote. Rodgers was named by 15 of our quarterback respondents." We played against him my rookie year, and also it was actually so awesome," one QB mentioned. "You 'd hear stories about his intelligence and also his way of seeing and understanding the video game. However to view it personally, the technique he worked, simply palm indicators ... his whole function lay as well as calm, like he will done it a thousand opportunities. I mean, he possesses." A close 2nd along with 12 ballots was actually the Rams' Matthew Stafford, now 36 and entering his 16th time. Stafford's smarts are renowned sufficient that younger quarterback still remembers his Wonderlic score coming from 2009. The QB remembered Stafford scoring a 39, though in reality it was only a 38-- which is still impressive for any type of non-Ryan Fitzpatrick passer." Exactly how he relocates people around the area, and also his know-how of every thing happening at one time," one quarterback mentioned of Stafford." The way he can easily change on the fly, merely viewing him participate in online, he has a fantastic taste of all the ins and outs of the placement," pointed out another.Another quarterback, not understanding the final results of our panel, the right way assessed the best pair of, keeping in mind a basic difference in what creates each wonderful." It's between Matthew Stafford and also Aaron Rodgers," he clarified. "Aaron accomplishes this much freestyling, yet Matthew within the device is actually exceptionally really good." The Falcons' Kirk Cousins was actually a remote third along with three votes. In overall, 8 quarterbacks were actually named, featuring a lot younger players like the Packers' Jordan Passion as well as the 49ers' Brock Purdy.What's perhaps very most unexpected is actually that the Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes-- he of the three Super Dish wins as well as 3 Super Bowl MVPs-- was named by only one quarterback." I recognize what kind of outburst he runs, and the play phone calls are pretty long," that QB said. "What he carries out is actually pretty excellent." It's possible that quarterbacks associate the Chiefs' offending sorcery extra to head instructor and playcaller Andy Reid-- more on that particular Tuesday. Mahomes most likely will have controlled if the question were actually "That is actually the best quarterback?" but our team wanted to dive a little bit of much deeper with our concern. Our experts'll have a lot more superlatives recently as our experts introduce the outcomes of our survey. For now, listed below are the last varieties on the organization's smartest quarterback: Aaron Rodgers 15Matthew Stafford 12Kirk Cousins 3Jordan Love 1Patrick Mahomes 1Dak Prescott 1Brock Purdy 1Russell WIlson 1( 3 QBs decreased to answer.) Greg Auman is an NFL Press Reporter for FOX Sporting Activities. He earlier invested a years dealing with the Buccaneers for the Tampa Florida Bay Moments as well as The Athletic. You may observe him on Twitter at @gregauman. [Want fantastic stories supplied straight to your inbox? Develop or log in to your FOX Athletics account, follow games, crews and players to get an individualized bulletin daily.] Receive extra from National Football Game Follow your preferences to receive info about video games, headlines and also more.