.Who's the most intelligent quarterback in the NFL?It's an inquiry ready for controversy among enthusiasts as well as pundits on the sporting activities chat. But our experts would like to get the solution directly coming from people in the very best placement to know: true NFL quarterbacks.As component of FOX Sports' Quarterback Confidential, which our experts'll roll out completely on Thursday, our company surveyed 38 NFL QBs anonymously during the course of training school and also the preseason. The first inquiry our experts talked to was actually basic: Who is actually the smartest quarterback of all? Some QBs can answer based on original know-how, some relied upon well-earned reputations, yet after a handful of seconds to presume, nearly all provided red-hot feedbacks. In this instance, what's very most exciting could be who didn't show up among the top vote-getters. (A lot more on that eventually.) The champion? The best knowledgeable quarterback in the league today, Aaron Rodgers, who at age 40 will make an effort once more to resurrect the The big apple Jets after overlooking nearly all of final period with a torn Achilles ligament. He is actually a Super Dish champ as well as a four-time game MVP, so it may not be actually surprising he succeeded the ballot. Rodgers was actually called by 15 of our quarterback respondents." Our experts bet him my rookie year, and also it was thus great," one QB said. "You would certainly hear tales regarding his intelligence as well as his means of observing as well as comprehending the video game. But to observe it personally, the way he ran, just hand signals ... his entire operation was smooth and also restful, like he would certainly done it a million times. I mean, he has." A near second along with 12 votes was actually the Rams' Matthew Stafford, now 36 and entering his 16th period. Stafford's smarts are renowned enough that one young quarterback still remembers his Wonderlic credit rating from 2009. The QB recollected Stafford scoring a 39, though in truth it was simply a 38-- which is still superior for any kind of non-Ryan Fitzpatrick passer." Just how he relocates people around the field, as well as his expertise of every thing going on at one time," one quarterback stated of Stafford." The technique he can adjust on the fly, just watching him play real-time, he has a terrific sample of all the details of the placement," pointed out another.Another quarterback, certainly not knowing the results of our panel, accurately analyzed the leading two, keeping in mind a fundamental difference in what creates each great." It's in between Matthew Stafford as well as Aaron Rodgers," he clarified. "Aaron accomplishes this a lot freestyling, however Matthew within the body is actually remarkably great." The Falcons' Kirk Cousins was actually a remote third with three ballots. In overall, 8 quarterbacks were actually called, featuring a lot younger players like the Packers' Jordan Passion and also the 49ers' Brock Purdy.What's maybe very most astonishing is actually that the Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes-- he of the 3 Super Bowl succeeds and also 3 Super Bowl MVPs-- was actually called through a single quarterback." I know what form of outburst he manages, as well as the play phone calls are quite long," that QB mentioned. "What he performs is quite excellent." It's possible that quarterbacks credit the Chiefs' annoying wizardry extra to move instructor and playcaller Andy Reid-- extra about that Tuesday. Mahomes most likely would possess dominated if the inquiry were actually "That is actually the most effective quarterback?" yet we would like to dig a little much deeper along with our question. Our company'll possess much more superlatives this week as we unveil the results of our study. Meanwhile, below are the last amounts on the league's most intelligent quarterback: Aaron Rodgers 15Matthew Stafford 12Kirk Cousins 3Jordan Affection 1Patrick Mahomes 1Dak Prescott 1Brock Purdy 1Russell WIlson 1( 3 QBs declined to address.) Greg Auman is an NFL Press Reporter for FOX Sports. He earlier invested a decade dealing with the Buccaneers for the Tampa Bay Gulf Times and The Athletic. You can follow him on Twitter at @gregauman. [Want excellent tales delivered right to your inbox? Develop or visit to your FOX Athletics profile, adhere to leagues, crews as well as gamers to get a customized e-newsletter daily.] Obtain much more coming from National Football League Observe your preferences to acquire information concerning games, information and additional.