.Who is actually the smartest quarterback in the NFL?It's a concern ready for argument among supporters and also pundits on the sporting activities chat. Yet our team wished to get the solution right coming from the people in the best posture to understand: true NFL quarterbacks.As aspect of FOX Sports' Quarterback Confidential, which our company'll roll out in full on Thursday, our experts questioned 38 NFL QBs anonymously in the course of training school and also the preseason. The first question our team asked was easy: Who's the most intelligent quarterback of all? Some QBs can address based upon in person understanding, some counted on well-earned online reputations, but after a few few seconds to presume, nearly all provided red-hot responses. Within this situation, what's very most interesting could be who didn't turn up one of the top vote-getters. (More on that particular later on.) The champion? The most professional quarterback in the organization today, Aaron Rodgers, who at grow older 40 will definitely attempt once again to resurrect the New york city Jets after missing nearly 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 may not be actually unexpected he won the vote. Rodgers was actually named by 15 of our quarterback respondents." Our company bet him my rookie year, as well as it was therefore trendy," one QB said. "You 'd listen to tales regarding his IQ and also his method of finding and understanding the video game. But to find it in person, the means he functioned, only hand signals ... his entire operation was smooth and restful, like he will performed it a thousand times. I suggest, he possesses." A close second with 12 votes was the Rams' Matthew Stafford, currently 36 as well as entering his 16th season. Stafford's smarts are actually renowned good enough that young quarterback still remembers his Wonderlic credit rating coming from 2009. The QB remembered Stafford racking up a 39, though in reality it was actually only a 38-- which is still superior for any non-Ryan Fitzpatrick passer." How he relocates folks around the field, as well as his expertise of every thing taking place at once," one quarterback mentioned of Stafford." The way he can easily readjust on the fly, simply viewing him participate in real-time, he has a fantastic sample of all the intricacies of the placement," pointed out another.Another quarterback, not understanding the end products of our door, appropriately assessed the leading 2, keeping in mind an essential variation in what makes each terrific." It's between Matthew Stafford and also Aaron Rodgers," he described. "Aaron accomplishes this much freestyling, however Matthew within the system is exceptionally excellent." The Falcons' Kirk Cousins was a far-off 3rd along with 3 ballots. In overall, 8 quarterbacks were named, consisting of much younger gamers like the Packers' Jordan Love and the 49ers' Brock Purdy.What's perhaps very most unexpected is that the Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes-- he of the 3 Super Dish gains and three Super Bowl MVPs-- was actually called through a single quarterback." I understand what kind of offense he runs, and the play telephone calls are rather long," that QB claimed. "What he performs is actually fairly remarkable." It is actually feasible that quarterbacks connect the Chiefs' offending magic much more to move coach and also playcaller Andy Reid-- even more on that particular Tuesday. Mahomes possibly will possess dominated if the question were "That's the most effective quarterback?" yet our experts desired to explore a little bit of much deeper with our question. We'll have much more superlatives today as our team introduce the outcomes of our study. For now, below are actually the final amounts on the organization'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 actually an NFL Press Reporter for FOX Sports. He recently invested a many years covering the Buccaneers for the Tampa Bay Bay Times as well as The Athletic. You can follow him on Twitter at @gregauman. [Want excellent accounts supplied right to your inbox? Generate or even visit to your FOX Athletics account, adhere to organizations, staffs as well as gamers to get a personalized bulletin daily.] Obtain even more from National Soccer League Observe your faves to obtain relevant information about games, news and additional.