.That's the smartest quarterback in the NFL?It's an inquiry ready for dispute one of supporters and also pundits on the sports chat. Yet we would like to receive the response directly from the people in the greatest placement to understand: real NFL quarterbacks.As part of FOX Sporting activities' Quarterback Confidential, which we'll roll out in full on Thursday, our experts polled 38 NFL QBs anonymously during training camp and the preseason. The very first concern our experts inquired was straightforward: Who's the most intelligent quarterback of all? Some QBs could possibly respond to based on original understanding, some counted on well-earned track records, yet after a few few seconds to presume, almost all given enthusiastic actions. Within this scenario, what's most interesting could be that failed to show up amongst the leading vote-getters. (More about that eventually.) The winner? The best seasoned quarterback in the organization today, Aaron Rodgers, who at age 40 will certainly attempt once again to reanimate the New york city Planes after skipping mostly 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 shocking he succeeded the vote. Rodgers was actually named by 15 of our quarterback respondents." We bet him my novice year, and also it was thus trendy," one QB mentioned. "You 'd listen to stories regarding his intelligence quotient and his way of finding and also understanding the game. But to find it face to face, the way he functioned, just palm indicators ... his entire procedure lay and calm, like he would certainly performed it a million opportunities. I suggest, he possesses." A near 2nd along with 12 ballots was the Rams' Matthew Stafford, now 36 as well as entering his 16th period. Stafford's smarts are actually renowned enough that a person youthful quarterback still remembers his Wonderlic rating from 2009. The QB recollected Stafford scoring a 39, however in truth it was just a 38-- which is still exceptional for any non-Ryan Fitzpatrick passer." How he moves people around the area, and also his expertise of every little thing happening at once," one quarterback mentioned of Stafford." The means he can easily readjust on the fly, only seeing him play online, he has a fantastic taste of all the complexities of the posture," claimed another.Another quarterback, not understanding the final results of our panel, appropriately analyzed the top two, noting a fundamental distinction in what creates each fantastic." It's in between Matthew Stafford as well as Aaron Rodgers," he detailed. "Aaron does this a lot freestyling, but Matthew within the unit is remarkably excellent." The Falcons' Kirk Cousins was actually a remote 3rd along with three ballots. In overall, 8 quarterbacks were actually named, featuring a lot younger gamers like the Packers' Jordan Passion and also the 49ers' Brock Purdy.What's maybe most unexpected is that the Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes-- he of the three Super Bowl gains and also 3 Super Bowl MVPs-- was called by just one quarterback." I understand what kind of offense he operates, and the play phone calls are actually quite long," that QB pointed out. "What he does is rather outstanding." It is actually possible that quarterbacks connect the Chiefs' repulsive magic a lot more to move coach and playcaller Andy Reid-- even more on that particular Tuesday. Mahomes probably will have dominated if the inquiry were actually "Who's the best quarterback?" but our experts wanted to explore a little bit of much deeper with our concern. We'll possess much more superlatives this week as our team reveal the outcomes of our study. In the meantime, listed below 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( 3 QBs declined to answer.) Greg Auman is an NFL Reporter for FOX Sports. He previously invested a many years covering the Buccaneers for the Tampa Gulf Moments as well as The Athletic. You can observe him on Twitter at @gregauman. [Want wonderful tales supplied right to your inbox? Generate or even log in to your FOX Athletics account, observe games, groups as well as players to get an individualized newsletter daily.] Receive even more from National Volleyball Game Follow your faves to obtain relevant information about activities, news as well as even more.