New York Jets quarterback Geno Smith has insisted that he does not dwell on mistakes he makes, which he thinks will improve him as a player.

Smith said he is aware that as a rookie he will make errors from time to time, but that he would only make more if he thought about them too much after they happen.

"I think the more you think about it, the worse you'll do," he told the Jets' official website. "The best thing for me to do is just wipe it out of my mind, just play with a clean slate. I pretty much do that every week.

"I'm not out there thinking about what happened three or four weeks ago when I'm playing, but when you make mistakes over and over that can accumulate and we can start talking about where you were headed in week three and how you're doing. You want to see progress.

"So in that area, I just have to continue to work at it and I know it's going to get better. That's not my nature as a quarterback or player. I think it's just a matter of me growing as a quarterback, so I just have to continue to get better and not worry about the mistakes I made in college."

The Jets, who are 5-5 so far, take on the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday.