.Who's the most intelligent quarterback in the NFL?It's a question mature for argument amongst followers as well as experts on the sports chat. Yet our company wished to acquire the response straight coming from people in the greatest setting to understand: true NFL quarterbacks.As portion of FOX Sporting activities' Quarterback Confidential, which our team'll present completely on Thursday, our experts polled 38 NFL QBs anonymously during the course of training school as well as the preseason. The 1st inquiry our company inquired was actually simple: Who's the smartest quarterback of all? Some QBs can answer based upon in person expertise, some counted on well-earned credibilities, yet after a few few seconds to think, nearly all supplied zealous actions. In this situation, what is actually very most fascinating may be who didn't appear one of the best vote-getters. (Much more on that particular later on.) The winner? The absolute most seasoned quarterback in the league today, Aaron Rodgers, that at grow older 40 will attempt once more to reanimate the New york city Jets after missing out on nearly all of final period along with a torn Achilles tendon. He is actually a Super Bowl champ and a four-time game MVP, so it may certainly not be actually shocking he won the ballot. Rodgers was named by 15 of our quarterback respondents." Our team bet him my newbie year, and it was thus amazing," one QB said. "You 'd hear stories concerning his IQ and also his technique of observing and knowing the activity. However to view it in person, the way he operated, just hand signals ... his whole operation was smooth and tranquil, like he will done it a thousand times. I imply, he has." A near 2nd with 12 votes was actually the Rams' Matthew Stafford, right now 36 as well as entering his 16th season. Stafford's smarts are actually renowned good enough that young quarterback still remembers his Wonderlic rating coming from 2009. The QB recalled Stafford racking up a 39, though truthfully it was actually simply a 38-- which is actually still superior for any kind of non-Ryan Fitzpatrick passer." How he relocates folks around the area, as well as his know-how of every thing happening at once," one quarterback pointed out of Stafford." The method he may change on the fly, only enjoying him play live, he has a wonderful taste of all the details of the position," mentioned another.Another quarterback, not knowing the end products of our door, properly examined the top 2, noting a vital difference in what creates each terrific." It is actually in between Matthew Stafford and also Aaron Rodgers," he revealed. "Aaron does this a lot freestyling, yet Matthew within the system is actually exceptionally great." The Falcons' Kirk Cousins was actually a far-off 3rd with three ballots. In total amount, eight quarterbacks were actually called, including much younger gamers like the Packers' Jordan Love and the 49ers' Brock Purdy.What's perhaps very most astonishing is that the Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes-- he of the three Super Dish succeeds and three Super Bowl MVPs-- was actually called through only one quarterback." I know what form of offense he runs, and also the play telephone calls are actually fairly long," that QB stated. "What he performs is actually quite exceptional." It is actually possible that quarterbacks associate the Chiefs' offending sorcery more to head trainer and also playcaller Andy Reid-- extra on that Tuesday. Mahomes perhaps will have dominated if the inquiry were actually "That is actually the very best quarterback?" but our company wanted to explore a little much deeper with our inquiry. Our company'll have many more superlatives this week as our team reveal the end results of our questionnaire. In the meantime, below are actually the last numbers on the organization's smartest quarterback: Aaron Rodgers 15Matthew Stafford 12Kirk Cousins 3Jordan Affection 1Patrick Mahomes 1Dak Prescott 1Brock Purdy 1Russell WIlson 1( 3 QBs dropped to address.) Greg Auman is an NFL Reporter for FOX Sporting Activities. He formerly invested a many years dealing with the Buccaneers for the Tampa Bay Gulf Moments and The Athletic. You may observe him on Twitter at @gregauman. [Want terrific accounts delivered right to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account, comply with leagues, crews and also gamers to acquire a customized email list daily.] Receive extra coming from National Soccer Game Observe your preferences to acquire details about games, headlines and also even more.