Geno Smith believes his improved play is due to playing looser.

Smith completed 60 percent of his passes last week for the first time since late October.

"I think I'd kind of gotten to this zone where I just tried to be way too perfect," Smith said. "... You're not a robot out there, and at times I was playing like a robot. I was dropping back, five (step) hitch and throwing it. I know that's the way it's drawn up in the game plan and the way it's supposed to be run, but everything isn't ideal on the field. Sometimes you have to improvise."