.That's the smartest quarterback in the NFL?It's a concern ready for discussion among supporters along with experts on the sports chat. Yet our team would like to get the answer right coming from the people in the greatest posture to recognize: genuine NFL quarterbacks.As aspect of FOX Sporting activities' Quarterback Confidential, which our experts'll turn out completely on Thursday, our experts polled 38 NFL QBs anonymously during the course of training school and also the preseason. The first inquiry our team inquired was straightforward: Who is actually the most intelligent quarterback of all? Some QBs could possibly respond to based upon original know-how, some depended on well-earned online reputations, yet after a handful of secs to believe, nearly all supplied red-hot responses. Within this scenario, what is actually very most intriguing could be who didn't turn up one of the top vote-getters. (A lot more on that particular later on.) The champion? The absolute most seasoned quarterback in the game today, Aaron Rodgers, who at grow older 40 will make an effort once again to reanimate the New York Jets after skipping mostly all of last time with a torn Achilles tendon. He is actually a Super Dish champ and also a four-time game MVP, so it might not be unexpected he won the vote. Rodgers was called by 15 of our quarterback participants." Our company bet him my rookie year, as well as it was actually so awesome," one QB mentioned. "You will listen to stories concerning his intelligence and his way of seeing as well as knowing the video game. However to view it in person, the method he operated, simply hand indicators ... his whole procedure lay and also tranquil, like he will done it a thousand times. I imply, he has." A near 2nd along with 12 ballots was actually the Rams' Matthew Stafford, right now 36 as well as entering his 16th time. Stafford's smarts are renowned good enough that people younger quarterback still remembers his Wonderlic score from 2009. The QB recalled Stafford racking up a 39, though in reality it was merely a 38-- which is actually still outstanding for any kind of non-Ryan Fitzpatrick passer." Exactly how he moves folks around the field, and his know-how of everything happening at once," one quarterback claimed of Stafford." The technique he can easily change on the fly, only watching him play live, he has a terrific sample of all the complexities of the setting," stated another.Another quarterback, not understanding the outcomes of our panel, the right way evaluated the best two, noting a basic variation in what creates each fantastic." It is actually between Matthew Stafford and Aaron Rodgers," he clarified. "Aaron accomplishes this a lot freestyling, yet Matthew within the device is very great." The Falcons' Kirk Cousins was a far-off 3rd along with three votes. In total, 8 quarterbacks were actually named, consisting of a lot more youthful gamers like the Packers' Jordan Love as well as the 49ers' Brock Purdy.What's maybe most unexpected is actually that the Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes-- he of the three Super Dish gains and 3 Super Bowl MVPs-- was actually called through only one quarterback." I know what sort of outburst he manages, and the play telephone calls are actually fairly long," that QB mentioned. "What he carries out is fairly excellent." It is actually achievable that quarterbacks associate the Chiefs' offensive sorcery extra to head coach as well as playcaller Andy Reid-- a lot more on that particular Tuesday. Mahomes possibly would possess dominated if the inquiry were actually "Who's the greatest quarterback?" however we intended to dive a little bit of deeper along with our query. Our experts'll have many more superlatives this week as our team unveil the end results of our survey. Meanwhile, listed here are the last numbers on the game's smartest quarterback: Aaron Rodgers 15Matthew Stafford 12Kirk Cousins 3Jordan Love 1Patrick Mahomes 1Dak Prescott 1Brock Purdy 1Russell WIlson 1( Three QBs dropped to respond to.) Greg Auman is actually an NFL Reporter for FOX Sporting Activities. He recently invested a many years dealing with the Buccaneers for the Tampa Bay Bay Moments as well as The Athletic. You can observe him on Twitter at @gregauman. [Want terrific tales delivered right to your inbox? Create or even visit to your FOX Sports profile, follow organizations, crews as well as players to get an individualized email list daily.] Obtain much more coming from National Football Game Observe your faves to get info about video games, news and additional.