.That's the smartest quarterback in the NFL?It's a question enriched for debate amongst followers as well as experts on the sports talk shows. But our company intended to obtain the response straight coming from the people in the best position to know: actual NFL quarterbacks.As aspect of FOX Sporting activities' Quarterback Confidential, which our experts'll present in full on Thursday, our experts questioned 38 NFL QBs anonymously throughout training camp and also the preseason. The very first concern our experts talked to was easy: That is actually the most intelligent quarterback of all? Some QBs can address based upon original knowledge, some depended on well-earned credibilities, however after a couple of secs to believe, almost all used red-hot actions. Within this instance, what's very most appealing might be that really did not turn up among the top vote-getters. (Extra on that particular later on.) The champion? The best knowledgeable quarterback in the league today, Aaron Rodgers, who at age 40 is going to attempt once more to resurrect the The big apple Jets after overlooking almost all of final period along with a torn Achilles ligament. He's a Super Dish champ and a four-time organization MVP, so it might not be actually unusual he succeeded the vote. Rodgers was actually named through 15 of our quarterback respondents." Our team bet him my novice year, and it was actually therefore cool," one QB claimed. "You would certainly listen to tales concerning his intelligence quotient as well as his technique of seeing and understanding the game. But to see it personally, the way he operated, only palm signals ... his whole operation was smooth as well as calm, like he 'd done it a million opportunities. I imply, he has." A near 2nd with 12 ballots was actually the Rams' Matthew Stafford, now 36 as well as entering his 16th period. Stafford's smarts are renowned enough that a person young quarterback still remembers his Wonderlic credit rating from 2009. The QB recollected Stafford scoring a 39, however actually it was only a 38-- which is actually still superior for any non-Ryan Fitzpatrick passer." Exactly how he relocates folks around the field, and his understanding of everything happening at once," one quarterback claimed of Stafford." The technique he can adjust on the fly, simply watching him participate in real-time, he has a great sample of all the details of the placement," mentioned another.Another quarterback, not recognizing the end products of our board, accurately examined the top pair of, noting a key distinction in what creates each terrific." It is actually in between Matthew Stafford and also Aaron Rodgers," he explained. "Aaron accomplishes this much freestyling, however Matthew within the unit is actually remarkably great." The Falcons' Kirk Cousins was actually a far-off 3rd with 3 ballots. In overall, 8 quarterbacks were actually called, including much younger gamers like the Packers' Jordan Love and also the 49ers' Brock Purdy.What's perhaps most unusual is that the Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes-- he of the three Super Dish gains as well as 3 Super Dish MVPs-- was actually called through a single quarterback." I recognize what sort of offense he runs, as well as the play calls are actually quite long," that QB pointed out. "What he does is actually quite remarkable." It's feasible that quarterbacks associate the Chiefs' annoying wizardry extra to move train and also playcaller Andy Reid-- even more on that particular Tuesday. Mahomes perhaps will possess controlled if the concern were "That is actually the best quarterback?" however our experts wished to dig a little bit of much deeper along with our query. Our team'll have many more superlatives recently as our experts reveal the end results of our poll. For now, here are the last varieties on the organization's most intelligent quarterback: Aaron Rodgers 15Matthew Stafford 12Kirk Cousins 3Jordan Passion 1Patrick Mahomes 1Dak Prescott 1Brock Purdy 1Russell WIlson 1( 3 QBs dropped to respond to.) Greg Auman is an NFL Press Reporter for FOX Sporting Activities. He previously spent a decade covering the Buccaneers for the Tampa Florida Bay Moments as well as The Athletic. You can easily follow him on Twitter at @gregauman. [Want wonderful tales delivered right to your inbox? Develop or log in to your FOX Sports account, observe games, teams and gamers to get an individualized email list daily.] Acquire extra coming from National Volleyball League Follow your faves to receive details regarding games, information as well as additional.