How frustrating are the dropped balls? “As a quarterback you just keep pushing forward. I’m going to have throws that I want back and that I’m going to miss. That’s just part of football. The receivers know when they don’t catch the ball when they’re supposed to and it’s part of football and you just keep moving on.”

Did you feel you had enough time to throw today? “I thought the offensive linemen did a great job over the course of the day and I believe we threw the ball around 40 times or so. I had a lot of time to throw today and it was great.”

Did you see improvement in the dropped passes from your receivers over the last few weeks? “The receivers have been working hard. They give 110% every week in practice and are diligent in what they do. They work hard and, like I said, drops are part of football. It’s the same for me. I’m going to miss throws at times or not throw the ball where I want. But we got to keep moving forward and you saw how (Mark) Bradley came back and made two huge plays for us: one on fourth down and one when we needed to get the ball down the field on the last drive. He made a terrific catch and put us in great field position. It’s bouncing back from those mishaps and doing those things that help the team win. You’re going to face adversity throughout any course of the game and that showed me a lot.”

Is there a situation where you think you have to be perfect throwing the ball? “No, I never think that way. I just go back and try to do my job to the best of my abilities. I never try to be too fine. I try not to press. I just try to go back, go through my reads and do what we do in practice.”

You seemed to make bigger plays today and have been doing so the last few weeks, connecting on plays down the field? “You keep working on it and you keep giving these guys opportunities to make plays and Chris (Chambers) made some terrific catches down the field today. I’m sure it helped getting Dwayne (Bowe) back in the mix. For most of the day they seemed to double him and single-cover Chris.”

How disappointed are you in this three-game homestand going 0-3? “It’s very disappointing. You come into a three-game homestand and you’re trying to build some momentum and we weren’t able to get that done. We played good football at times and at other times we didn’t play that good of football. We just have to keep building on the stuff that we’re doing well and try to fix the stuff we’re not doing too well.”

When you have a situation with guys dropping balls do you ever let that come into play before you throw the next time? “Not really. There are plays designed and we practice these plays and I know my reads and I’ll just keep going back to the guys who give me the best opportunity against certain coverages. Like I said, Mark (Bradley) dropped the ball but he comes back to make the fourth-and-five for the touchdown. That’s just me trusting that he’s going to do his job and he did a great job of bouncing back.”

You bounced back from two bad games so how tough is this homestand for you? “It’s interesting you say I had two bad games. But against Buffalo I felt like I threw the ball really well. We had some turnovers in Buffalo and that’s part of the game as well. I thought I threw the ball well enough today and am continuing to build relationships with these receivers. I think Brad Cottam had a great day today. He really stepped up and showed a lot. Again, Jamaal Charles, I can’t say enough about him and his performances over the last so many weeks. He’s just been a great addition for us.”