.That is actually the smartest quarterback in the NFL?It's an inquiry mature for discussion among fans along with pundits on the sporting activities talk shows. Yet our team wanted to receive the solution directly coming from individuals in the most effective setting to know: real NFL quarterbacks.As aspect of FOX Sporting activities' Quarterback Confidential, which our team'll turn out in full on Thursday, our company questioned 38 NFL QBs anonymously during the course of training school and the preseason. The initial concern our experts inquired was actually basic: Who is actually the most intelligent quarterback of all? Some QBs could answer based on first-hand expertise, some relied on well-earned images, yet after a couple of few seconds to assume, almost all provided keen actions. In this particular situation, what is actually most intriguing might be who failed to appear amongst the leading vote-getters. (Much more on that later.) The victor? The most professional quarterback in the game today, Aaron Rodgers, who at grow older 40 is going to make an effort once again to reanimate the Nyc Jets after overlooking mostly all of final period with a torn Achilles tendon. He is actually a Super Dish champ as well as a four-time game MVP, so it may certainly not be actually unexpected he gained the vote. Rodgers was actually named through 15 of our quarterback respondents." Our experts played against him my novice year, as well as it was actually therefore great," one QB claimed. "You would certainly listen to tales about his intelligence and his way of seeing and also recognizing the game. However to view it in person, the method he worked, merely hand indicators ... his entire function lay and also restful, like he would certainly performed it a million times. I mean, he possesses." A near second with 12 ballots was the Rams' Matthew Stafford, currently 36 and entering his 16th time. Stafford's smarts are renowned sufficient that people young quarterback still remembers his Wonderlic credit rating coming from 2009. The QB recollected Stafford scoring a 39, however in truth it was actually merely a 38-- which is actually still excellent for any sort of non-Ryan Fitzpatrick passer." Just how he moves individuals around the area, as well as his expertise of whatever taking place at one time," one quarterback mentioned of Stafford." The means he may change on the fly, just watching him participate in real-time, he has an excellent sample of all the ins and outs of the setting," mentioned another.Another quarterback, not recognizing the results of our panel, the right way determined the leading two, taking note an essential difference in what creates each great." It's in between Matthew Stafford as well as Aaron Rodgers," he revealed. "Aaron accomplishes this a lot freestyling, but Matthew within the device is remarkably good." The Falcons' Kirk Cousins was actually a far-off 3rd along with three ballots. In total amount, 8 quarterbacks were called, featuring much younger players like the Packers' Jordan Love and the 49ers' Brock Purdy.What's maybe most unusual is that the Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes-- he of the 3 Super Dish succeeds and 3 Super Dish MVPs-- was called through a single quarterback." I understand what type of outburst he runs, and the play calls are actually quite long," that QB claimed. "What he carries out is pretty remarkable." It's possible that quarterbacks attribute the Chiefs' annoying magic more to head trainer and playcaller Andy Reid-- much more on that particular Tuesday. Mahomes probably will have dominated if the inquiry were actually "Who is actually the best quarterback?" yet our company intended to dig a little bit of much deeper with our inquiry. Our company'll possess a lot more superlatives today as our team introduce the results of our poll. For now, listed here are actually the last numbers on the organization's most intelligent quarterback: Aaron Rodgers 15Matthew Stafford 12Kirk Cousins 3Jordan Passion 1Patrick Mahomes 1Dak Prescott 1Brock Purdy 1Russell WIlson 1( 3 QBs declined to answer.) Greg Auman is an NFL Reporter for FOX Sports. He recently invested a years dealing with the Buccaneers for the Tampa Bay Bay Times and also The Athletic. You can easily observe him on Twitter at @gregauman. [Want excellent tales delivered right to your inbox? Make or even log in to your FOX Sports profile, follow organizations, staffs and gamers to obtain a personalized bulletin daily.] Receive more coming from National Football League Follow your favorites to receive details concerning games, news as well as even more.