.That's the smartest quarterback in the NFL?It's a question ripe for argument one of fans and also experts on the sporting activities talk shows. Yet our company wished to receive the answer directly from the people in the most ideal placement to know: real NFL quarterbacks.As component of FOX Sports' Quarterback Confidential, which our experts'll present completely on Thursday, our experts polled 38 NFL QBs anonymously during the course of training camp and the preseason. The 1st question our company asked was actually simple: That's the smartest quarterback of all? Some QBs could possibly answer based on original knowledge, some relied on well-earned reputations, yet after a couple of few seconds to presume, almost all offered red-hot actions. Within this instance, what's most interesting might be who failed to turn up among the leading vote-getters. (Even more on that particular eventually.) The champion? The absolute most skilled quarterback in the league today, Aaron Rodgers, who at age 40 is going to make an effort once more to resurrect the New York Planes after skipping nearly all of final time with a torn Achilles ligament. He is actually a Super Bowl champ and a four-time game MVP, so it might not be actually astonishing he won the ballot. Rodgers was named by 15 of our quarterback participants." We bet him my novice year, and it was so great," one QB claimed. "You would certainly listen to tales concerning his intelligence and his method of observing and also knowing the video game. Yet to find it in person, the way he worked, merely palm signals ... his entire procedure lay and calm, like he will done it a million times. I imply, he has." A close 2nd along with 12 votes was the Rams' Matthew Stafford, currently 36 and entering his 16th season. Stafford's smarts are renowned enough that one young quarterback still remembers his Wonderlic credit rating from 2009. The QB remembered Stafford scoring a 39, however actually it was merely a 38-- which is still impressive for any sort of non-Ryan Fitzpatrick passer." Exactly how he relocates individuals around the field, and also his know-how of whatever going on at once," one quarterback said of Stafford." The method he can easily change on the fly, only viewing him participate in online, he has a great feel for all the ins and outs of the placement," said another.Another quarterback, certainly not recognizing the outcomes of our panel, correctly assessed the best 2, taking note a basic variation in what creates each great." It is actually between Matthew Stafford and also Aaron Rodgers," he explained. "Aaron accomplishes this much freestyling, but Matthew within the device is very good." The Falcons' Kirk Cousins was a distant 3rd with three ballots. In total, 8 quarterbacks were actually named, consisting of much younger players like the Packers' Jordan Love as well as the 49ers' Brock Purdy.What's possibly most surprising is actually that the Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes-- he of the three Super Dish succeeds and also three Super Bowl MVPs-- was actually named by a single quarterback." I recognize what form of offense he runs, and also the play phone calls are pretty long," that QB pointed out. "What he does is rather exceptional." It is actually achievable that quarterbacks credit the Chiefs' outrageous magic a lot more to head instructor and playcaller Andy Reid-- more on that particular Tuesday. Mahomes possibly will possess controlled if the question were actually "That is actually the most effective quarterback?" however we wished to dive a little bit of deeper with our query. Our company'll have a lot more superlatives this week as our team introduce the results of our questionnaire. For now, below are the last amounts on the league's smartest quarterback: Aaron Rodgers 15Matthew Stafford 12Kirk Cousins 3Jordan Passion 1Patrick Mahomes 1Dak Prescott 1Brock Purdy 1Russell WIlson 1( Three QBs declined to respond to.) Greg Auman is an NFL Reporter for FOX Sporting Activities. He recently spent a decade dealing with the Buccaneers for the Tampa Bay Times and also The Athletic. You can observe him on Twitter at @gregauman. [Want great tales provided straight to your inbox? Create or visit to your FOX Athletics account, observe games, teams and gamers to receive a personalized email list daily.] Acquire much more from National Soccer Organization Observe your preferences to obtain information regarding games, information and also more.