NFL history of the QB leap: Who made the jump in 2022, and a look at every QB who has done it since 2000

Editor’s Note: This is Part 1 of a five-part series that dives deep into NFL quarterbacks making sudden, massive improvement, which we’ve dubbed ‘QB Leap Week.’ To see what’s coming each day this week, scroll down to the end of this story. “One small step for man. One giant leap for mankind.” The iconic quote from Neil Armstrong during the 1969 moon landing could also be true for Jalen Hurts, the Houston native who took a quantum leap in 2022. His step forward last season certainly had giant ramifications. He went from entering 2022 trying to prove he deserved to…