.That's the smartest quarterback in the NFL?It's an inquiry ready for discussion one of fans in addition to pundits on the sporting activities chat. But our experts would like to receive the response right from the people in the best placement to recognize: true NFL quarterbacks.As part of FOX Sporting activities' Quarterback Confidential, which our team'll turn out completely on Thursday, we surveyed 38 NFL QBs anonymously in the course of training camp and the preseason. The initial inquiry our team talked to was straightforward: Who's the most intelligent quarterback of all? Some QBs can answer based on original expertise, some counted on well-earned images, however after a few few seconds to think, nearly all delivered impassioned actions. In this scenario, what's very most fascinating might be that failed to show up among the best vote-getters. (Extra on that later on.) The champion? The most knowledgeable quarterback in the game today, Aaron Rodgers, that at grow older 40 will make an effort once again to reanimate the The big apple Jets after missing out on almost all of final time along with a torn Achilles tendon. He's a Super Bowl champ and a four-time league MVP, so it might not be actually unusual he succeeded the ballot. Rodgers was actually called through 15 of our quarterback participants." Our team played against him my novice year, as well as it was actually so trendy," one QB pointed out. "You 'd hear stories regarding his intelligence quotient and also his method of viewing and knowing the game. But to find it personally, the way he operated, simply hand signs ... his whole function lay as well as tranquil, like he would certainly performed it a thousand opportunities. I imply, he possesses." A near second with 12 votes was actually the Rams' Matthew Stafford, right now 36 as well as entering his 16th time. Stafford's smarts are actually renowned sufficient that people younger quarterback still remembers his Wonderlic rating coming from 2009. The QB recalled Stafford scoring a 39, however in reality it was only a 38-- which is actually still exceptional for any sort of non-Ryan Fitzpatrick passer." Just how he relocates people around the field, as well as his expertise of every thing taking place at one time," one quarterback pointed out of Stafford." The way he may change on the fly, only viewing him play real-time, he has a great sample of all the intricacies of the posture," mentioned another.Another quarterback, not recognizing the final results of our panel, accurately assessed the top pair of, keeping in mind a basic difference in what makes each fantastic." It's between Matthew Stafford and also Aaron Rodgers," he revealed. "Aaron accomplishes this a lot freestyling, but Matthew within the device is very great." The Falcons' Kirk Cousins was actually a distant 3rd with three votes. In total, eight quarterbacks were called, consisting of much more youthful players like the Packers' Jordan Passion and the 49ers' Brock Purdy.What's probably very most unexpected is that the Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes-- he of the three Super Dish succeeds and also three Super Bowl MVPs-- was actually called by just one quarterback." I understand what form of outburst he operates, and also the play phone calls are fairly long," that QB stated. "What he carries out is actually quite outstanding." It's feasible that quarterbacks credit the Chiefs' annoying magic extra to head train and playcaller Andy Reid-- a lot more on that Tuesday. Mahomes perhaps would have controlled if the concern were actually "Who's the best quarterback?" yet our company intended to delve a little much deeper with our question. Our experts'll possess many more superlatives recently as our experts introduce the results of our poll. For now, right here are the ultimate varieties on the league's smartest quarterback: Aaron Rodgers 15Matthew Stafford 12Kirk Cousins 3Jordan Love 1Patrick Mahomes 1Dak Prescott 1Brock Purdy 1Russell WIlson 1( Three QBs decreased to respond to.) Greg Auman is an NFL Reporter for FOX Sports. He previously invested a years covering the Buccaneers for the Tampa Fl Bay Moments as well as The Athletic. You can follow him on Twitter at @gregauman. [Want fantastic stories supplied straight to your inbox? Produce or visit to your FOX Athletics profile, adhere to leagues, groups and also players to receive a personalized e-newsletter daily.] Get a lot more from National Football Organization Follow your favorites to acquire info about games, information as well as additional.