.Who's the smartest quarterback in the NFL?It's a concern ripe for dispute one of enthusiasts along with experts on the sporting activities chat. However our experts desired to get the response directly coming from people in the very best position to recognize: true NFL quarterbacks.As portion of FOX Sports' Quarterback Confidential, which we'll turn out completely on Thursday, our team polled 38 NFL QBs anonymously in the course of training school and also the preseason. The very first inquiry our team asked was actually straightforward: That's the smartest quarterback of all? Some QBs can answer based on first-hand knowledge, some depended on well-earned reputations, however after a couple of seconds to presume, almost all given keen reactions. Within this instance, what's very most exciting might be who failed to show up among the top vote-getters. (Even more on that particular later.) The champion? The absolute most seasoned quarterback in the league today, Aaron Rodgers, who at grow older 40 will try once again to renew the New York Jets after skipping nearly all of final time 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 surprising he succeeded the vote. Rodgers was actually called through 15 of our quarterback respondents." Our team played against him my novice year, as well as it was actually so cool," one QB stated. "You will listen to accounts about his intelligence as well as his way of finding as well as understanding the activity. However to observe it personally, the method he worked, only hand signs ... his whole function lay and tranquil, like he would certainly performed it a million times. I indicate, he has." A near 2nd with 12 votes was actually the Rams' Matthew Stafford, now 36 and also entering his 16th time. Stafford's smarts are renowned good enough that people younger quarterback still remembers his Wonderlic rating from 2009. The QB recollected Stafford scoring a 39, though actually it was merely a 38-- which is still exceptional for any non-Ryan Fitzpatrick passer." Exactly how he moves folks around the area, and also his understanding of every little thing happening at one time," one quarterback pointed out of Stafford." The technique he can readjust on the fly, just watching him participate in real-time, he possesses an excellent sample of all the details of the position," pointed out another.Another quarterback, certainly not recognizing the results of our panel, correctly examined the best 2, taking note a fundamental difference in what makes each wonderful." It's in between Matthew Stafford as well as Aaron Rodgers," he described. "Aaron does this a lot freestyling, but Matthew within the body is exceptionally excellent." The Falcons' Kirk Cousins was actually a remote 3rd with 3 votes. In total, eight quarterbacks were named, featuring much younger gamers like the Packers' Jordan Love and the 49ers' Brock Purdy.What's possibly most astonishing is actually that the Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes-- he of the three Super Dish succeeds and 3 Super Dish MVPs-- was actually named through a single quarterback." I know what kind of outburst he manages, and the play telephone calls are pretty long," that QB stated. "What he does is actually pretty remarkable." It is actually possible that quarterbacks credit the Chiefs' offending wizardry more to head instructor and playcaller Andy Reid-- more on that particular Tuesday. Mahomes perhaps will possess dominated if the question were actually "Who's the greatest quarterback?" but our company wanted to dig a little bit of much deeper along with our inquiry. Our company'll possess a lot more superlatives recently as we introduce the end results of our study. In the meantime, here are the final numbers 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 decreased to address.) Greg Auman is actually an NFL Media Reporter for FOX Sporting Activities. He previously invested a decade dealing with the Buccaneers for the Tampa Bay Times and The Athletic. You can follow him on Twitter at @gregauman. [Want wonderful tales provided right to your inbox? Create or even visit to your FOX Athletics profile, adhere to leagues, staffs as well as players to get a personalized bulletin daily.] Acquire a lot more from National Soccer Game Observe your faves to obtain details regarding activities, information and more.