.Who's the most intelligent quarterback in the NFL?It's a question ready for debate amongst fans along with experts on the sporting activities talk shows. Yet our experts wanted to get the response straight coming from the people in the greatest placement to understand: true NFL quarterbacks.As component of FOX Sporting activities' Quarterback Confidential, which our company'll roll out completely on Thursday, our experts questioned 38 NFL QBs anonymously during the course of training camp as well as the preseason. The 1st concern our experts asked was basic: Who is actually the most intelligent quarterback of all? Some QBs might address based on first-hand knowledge, some counted on well-earned online reputations, however after a few seconds to think, nearly all used keen feedbacks. Within this scenario, what's most interesting may be that really did not turn up among the leading vote-getters. (Much more on that later.) The victor? The best expert quarterback in the league today, Aaron Rodgers, that at grow older 40 will definitely try once again to reanimate the New York Planes after overlooking almost all of last time along with a torn Achilles tendon. He is actually a Super Bowl champ as well as a four-time game MVP, so it may certainly not be shocking he gained the ballot. Rodgers was called by 15 of our quarterback respondents." We played against him my rookie year, and also it was actually so cool," one QB stated. "You 'd hear stories about his intelligence quotient and his method of viewing and also recognizing the activity. Yet to see it personally, the way he worked, simply palm indicators ... his entire operation was smooth as well as tranquil, like he will performed it a million times. I suggest, he has." A near 2nd along with 12 votes was the Rams' Matthew Stafford, now 36 as well as entering his 16th time. Stafford's smarts are actually renowned good enough that people younger quarterback still remembers his Wonderlic credit rating from 2009. The QB remembered Stafford scoring a 39, however in reality it was actually only a 38-- which is still superior for any type of non-Ryan Fitzpatrick passer." Just how he relocates individuals around the field, as well as his know-how of every little thing taking place at once," one quarterback said of Stafford." The means he may adjust on the fly, merely seeing him play real-time, he has a great feel for all the complexities of the posture," pointed out another.Another quarterback, not recognizing the outcomes of our board, correctly examined the leading 2, keeping in mind a basic variation in what creates each wonderful." It's in between Matthew Stafford as well as Aaron Rodgers," he detailed. "Aaron does this much freestyling, yet Matthew within the body is actually incredibly good." The Falcons' Kirk Cousins was a far-off third along with 3 votes. In total, 8 quarterbacks were actually called, including much more youthful players like the Packers' Jordan Love and also the 49ers' Brock Purdy.What's probably most astonishing is actually that the Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes-- he of the 3 Super Dish succeeds as well as 3 Super Bowl MVPs-- was named by just one quarterback." I know what type of offense he manages, and also the play calls are rather long," that QB claimed. "What he does is fairly outstanding." It is actually achievable that quarterbacks attribute the Chiefs' outrageous wizardry even more to head instructor and also playcaller Andy Reid-- extra about that Tuesday. Mahomes probably would possess dominated if the concern were "That is actually the very best quarterback?" but we would like to dig a little bit of deeper along with our inquiry. We'll have a lot more superlatives today as our experts unveil the outcomes of our study. In the meantime, listed here are actually the final varieties on the organization's smartest quarterback: Aaron Rodgers 15Matthew Stafford 12Kirk Cousins 3Jordan Love 1Patrick Mahomes 1Dak Prescott 1Brock Purdy 1Russell WIlson 1( Three QBs decreased 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 Bay Moments as well as The Athletic. You can easily follow him on Twitter at @gregauman. [Want excellent tales delivered right to your inbox? Generate or log in to your FOX Athletics profile, comply with games, teams as well as players to get a personalized bulletin daily.] Obtain even more coming from National Volleyball League Follow your favorites to receive information about activities, updates and also even more.