.That's the most intelligent quarterback in the NFL?It's a question enriched for argument amongst fans in addition to experts on the sporting activities chat. But our company desired to receive the answer directly from the people in the most effective setting to understand: true NFL quarterbacks.As part of FOX Sporting activities' Quarterback Confidential, which our company'll present completely on Thursday, we surveyed 38 NFL QBs anonymously during the course of training camp and the preseason. The 1st concern our team inquired was simple: That is actually the smartest quarterback of all? Some QBs can address based on original understanding, some relied upon well-earned online reputations, yet after a couple of seconds to believe, almost all delivered keen actions. In this particular situation, what's very most interesting could be that really did not appear one of the best vote-getters. (Much more on that later on.) The winner? The most expert quarterback in the organization today, Aaron Rodgers, who at grow older 40 will definitely attempt once more to resurrect the New york city Planes after overlooking mostly all of final period with a torn Achilles ligament. He is actually a Super Dish champ as well as a four-time organization MVP, so it might certainly not be astonishing he gained the ballot. Rodgers was actually called by 15 of our quarterback respondents." We played against him my newbie year, and also it was thus great," one QB claimed. "You would certainly listen to tales concerning his IQ and his technique of observing and also recognizing the video game. Yet to view it in person, the means he ran, just palm signals ... his entire function lay and also restful, like he would certainly performed it a million times. I indicate, he possesses." A close second along with 12 ballots was actually the Rams' Matthew Stafford, now 36 and also entering his 16th time. Stafford's smarts are renowned good enough that people youthful quarterback still remembers his Wonderlic credit rating coming from 2009. The QB recollected Stafford scoring a 39, however actually it was just a 38-- which is still excellent for any non-Ryan Fitzpatrick passer." Exactly how he moves folks around the industry, and his know-how of everything going on at one time," one quarterback pointed out of Stafford." The technique he can readjust on the fly, merely enjoying him play live, he has a great feel for all the intricacies of the posture," said another.Another quarterback, not recognizing the results of our door, accurately examined the leading two, noting a vital variation in what makes each wonderful." It is actually between Matthew Stafford and Aaron Rodgers," he described. "Aaron does so much freestyling, however Matthew within the body is actually extremely excellent." The Falcons' Kirk Cousins was a remote 3rd with 3 ballots. In overall, 8 quarterbacks were named, including a lot younger gamers like the Packers' Jordan Passion as well as the 49ers' Brock Purdy.What's perhaps most unusual is that the Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes-- he of the 3 Super Bowl wins as well as 3 Super Dish MVPs-- was called through only one quarterback." I know what type of outburst he operates, and the play telephone calls are quite long," that QB stated. "What he carries out is rather outstanding." It is actually possible that quarterbacks associate the Chiefs' outrageous wizardry more to head train and also playcaller Andy Reid-- more about that Tuesday. Mahomes most likely will have dominated if the question were "Who's the most ideal quarterback?" but our experts would like to dive a little bit of much deeper along with our query. Our experts'll have many more superlatives recently as our company introduce the outcomes of our study. For now, right here are actually the last numbers on the game's smartest quarterback: Aaron Rodgers 15Matthew Stafford 12Kirk Cousins 3Jordan Affection 1Patrick Mahomes 1Dak Prescott 1Brock Purdy 1Russell WIlson 1( 3 QBs dropped to answer.) Greg Auman is an NFL Media Reporter for FOX Sporting Activities. He recently invested a years dealing with the Buccaneers for the Tampa Florida Gulf Moments as well as The Athletic. You may follow him on Twitter at @gregauman. [Want fantastic stories delivered right to your inbox? Make or even log in to your FOX Athletics account, adhere to games, crews and also gamers to get a tailored bulletin daily.] Receive a lot more from National Football Game Observe your faves to get info about activities, headlines as well as additional.