.Who's the smartest quarterback in the NFL?It's an inquiry enriched for controversy among followers along with experts on the sporting activities talk shows. Yet we desired to receive the answer right coming from the people in the most ideal placement to know: genuine NFL quarterbacks.As component of FOX Sports' Quarterback Confidential, which our company'll present completely on Thursday, our experts polled 38 NFL QBs anonymously during training school and also the preseason. The initial inquiry we asked was actually basic: Who's the smartest quarterback of all? Some QBs could possibly respond to based upon original expertise, some relied upon well-earned credibility and reputations, yet after a couple of seconds to presume, nearly all used zealous feedbacks. Within this scenario, what is actually most intriguing could be who didn't appear amongst the leading vote-getters. (Extra on that particular later on.) The champion? The most expert quarterback in the league today, Aaron Rodgers, who at grow older 40 will attempt again to resurrect the New york city Planes after skipping almost all of final season with a torn Achilles ligament. He is actually a Super Dish champ as well as a four-time organization MVP, so it might not be surprising he won the vote. Rodgers was actually named through 15 of our quarterback participants." Our company bet him my novice year, and also it was actually therefore trendy," one QB claimed. "You would certainly listen to tales regarding his intelligence quotient as well as his way of finding and knowing the activity. But to view it personally, the technique he functioned, just hand signs ... his whole procedure lay and restful, like he will done it a thousand times. I imply, he has." A close second along with 12 votes was actually the Rams' Matthew Stafford, currently 36 and also entering his 16th time. Stafford's smarts are renowned sufficient that young quarterback still remembers his Wonderlic rating coming from 2009. The QB recollected Stafford scoring a 39, though truthfully it was actually just a 38-- which is actually still outstanding for any kind of non-Ryan Fitzpatrick passer." Exactly how he relocates individuals around the field, as well as his understanding of whatever happening at one time," one quarterback said of Stafford." The means he can easily adjust on the fly, just seeing him play real-time, he possesses a wonderful sample of all the details of the position," stated another.Another quarterback, certainly not knowing the results of our panel, the right way evaluated the leading pair of, keeping in mind a vital distinction in what creates each fantastic." It's between Matthew Stafford and also Aaron Rodgers," he discussed. "Aaron does this a lot freestyling, but Matthew within the unit is actually extremely great." The Falcons' Kirk Cousins was actually a remote third along with three votes. In total amount, 8 quarterbacks were named, including a lot more youthful players like the Packers' Jordan Love and the 49ers' Brock Purdy.What's maybe most astonishing is that the Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes-- he of the three Super Bowl gains and also 3 Super Dish MVPs-- was called by just one quarterback." I understand what type of outburst he manages, and also the play phone calls are actually rather long," that QB said. "What he carries out is actually fairly outstanding." It is actually achievable that quarterbacks credit the Chiefs' offensive sorcery even more to head trainer and playcaller Andy Reid-- a lot more about that Tuesday. Mahomes perhaps will have dominated if the concern were "That is actually the very best quarterback?" however our experts desired to delve a little deeper along with our query. Our experts'll possess much more superlatives this week as we reveal the results of our poll. In the meantime, below are the ultimate varieties on the game's most intelligent quarterback: Aaron Rodgers 15Matthew Stafford 12Kirk Cousins 3Jordan Love 1Patrick Mahomes 1Dak Prescott 1Brock Purdy 1Russell WIlson 1( 3 QBs dropped to address.) Greg Auman is actually an NFL Reporter for FOX Sporting Activities. He recently devoted a many years covering the Buccaneers for the Tampa Bay Bay Times as well as The Athletic. You can easily observe him on Twitter at @gregauman. [Want wonderful accounts provided right to your inbox? Produce or log in to your FOX Athletics profile, observe games, staffs and gamers to get a personalized e-newsletter daily.] Obtain more from National Volleyball Organization Observe your faves to receive relevant information concerning video games, headlines and also more.