.Who's the most intelligent quarterback in the NFL?It's a concern ripe for discussion one of followers and also pundits on the sporting activities chat. However we wanted to receive the response directly coming from individuals in the best position to understand: genuine NFL quarterbacks.As portion of FOX Sporting activities' Quarterback Confidential, which our company'll present completely on Thursday, our experts polled 38 NFL QBs anonymously during training school as well as the preseason. The first inquiry we asked was actually basic: That is actually the smartest quarterback of all? Some QBs could answer based upon first-hand understanding, some relied upon well-earned online reputations, yet after a few seconds to believe, almost all supplied red-hot actions. In this scenario, what is actually most fascinating might be that didn't turn up amongst the best vote-getters. (More on that eventually.) The champion? The most skilled quarterback in the league today, Aaron Rodgers, that at grow older 40 will certainly try once again to resurrect the New york city Jets after missing out on mostly all of final season with a torn Achilles tendon. He is actually a Super Bowl champ and also a four-time organization MVP, so it might certainly not be astonishing he won the ballot. Rodgers was actually named by 15 of our quarterback participants." Our company bet him my novice year, and also it was actually therefore great," one QB claimed. "You will listen to stories about his intelligence and also his method of finding and also comprehending the activity. However to see it face to face, the technique he worked, only hand signs ... his entire procedure lay and restful, like he will done it a thousand times. I mean, he possesses." A close 2nd with 12 ballots was the Rams' Matthew Stafford, currently 36 and entering his 16th period. Stafford's smarts are actually renowned good enough that one young quarterback still remembers his Wonderlic rating from 2009. The QB recalled Stafford scoring a 39, though truthfully it was actually simply a 38-- which is actually still outstanding for any type of non-Ryan Fitzpatrick passer." Just how he relocates people around the area, and his knowledge of every thing happening at once," one quarterback claimed of Stafford." The technique he may readjust on the fly, just watching him play live, he has a fantastic taste of all the ins and outs of the position," stated another.Another quarterback, certainly not recognizing the final results of our panel, accurately analyzed the leading two, taking note a vital variation in what makes each wonderful." It is actually in between Matthew Stafford and also Aaron Rodgers," he explained. "Aaron accomplishes this a lot freestyling, but Matthew within the body is remarkably good." The Falcons' Kirk Cousins was a remote third with three votes. In overall, 8 quarterbacks were named, including much more youthful gamers like the Packers' Jordan Passion and also the 49ers' Brock Purdy.What's probably most shocking is actually that the Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes-- he of the 3 Super Dish succeeds and three Super Dish MVPs-- was actually named by just one quarterback." I recognize what type of outburst he manages, and also the play phone calls are actually pretty long," that QB mentioned. "What he performs is pretty excellent." It is actually feasible that quarterbacks associate the Chiefs' repulsive wizardry even more to move coach and also playcaller Andy Reid-- a lot more about that Tuesday. Mahomes most likely would possess dominated if the inquiry were actually "Who is actually the greatest quarterback?" however we would like to delve a little bit of much deeper along with our question. Our team'll have much more superlatives today as our team introduce the results of our survey. In the meantime, listed below are the final amounts on the league's smartest quarterback: Aaron Rodgers 15Matthew Stafford 12Kirk Cousins 3Jordan Passion 1Patrick Mahomes 1Dak Prescott 1Brock Purdy 1Russell WIlson 1( 3 QBs declined to answer.) Greg Auman is actually an NFL Media Reporter for FOX Sporting Activities. He formerly spent a decade dealing with the Buccaneers for the Tampa Bay Bay Moments and The Athletic. You may follow him on Twitter at @gregauman. [Want wonderful tales provided straight to your inbox? Produce or visit to your FOX Sports account, adhere to leagues, crews as well as players to acquire a tailored e-newsletter daily.] Get even more from National Football Game Observe your favorites to obtain info about games, updates and also even more.