Here’s what Bill Belichick said about the New York Jets prior to the New England Patriots’ Week 16 appointment at Gillette Stadium.

On Bryce Petty and Ryan Fitzpatrick (prior to learning Petty was the starter):

“I mean they’re both good. They both are athletic. They can both run. They both throw a good deep ball. Obviously [Ryan] Fitzpatrick has a little more experience, but [Bryce] Petty has a good arm. He’s thrown some balls into tight spots, has kind of lasered them in there.”

On Leonard Williams:

“Yeah, [he’s] really good. He plays everywhere. He plays out on the end. He plays in the three-technique. He plays on the nose. They move him around. Some of it is third-down but regardless everybody kind of will get a shot at him, or he’ll get a shot at everybody, however you want to look at it. [He has] a lot of power for a tall guy. He’s got good leverage. He uses his hands well.

“He can knock the line of scrimmage back, has a good power rush, good quickness, runs well, athletic, plays on his feet and pretty instinctive. He finds the ball, reacts well to different blocking schemes. The way he gets attacked, he handles it pretty well. Yeah, he’s really good.”

On Quincy Enunwa:

“He’s a tough matchup guy. They use him as a receiver, but I think where his value really comes in for him is he can block, and he can do some things that a tight end can do. Not so much as a point of attack in the running game, but again, he’s a mismatch guy. So if he’s on a defensive end that’s obviously a mismatch, but when you put another defensive back in to match him, then he gains an advantage in the running game because he’s a big, physical blocker that’s bigger than almost every defensive back in the league I would think.

“And he does some other things like cutting the backside end or a linebacker on flash plays and things like that. Coach [Chan] Gailey uses him very effectively. It’s definitely a problem because he’s not a tight end. He is a receiver. He’s not a tight end but he is a tight end”

On Bilal Powell:

“He makes yards on his own. Yeah, he’s not the biggest guy, but he does run hard. He’s got good balance. He gets hit, but he’s able to maintain his balance, stay on his feet. He’s got good feet. He spins, and ducks under some tackles. [He’s] a little bit unorthodox, but athletic. Guys don’t really get a lot of clean shots at him. He’s able to avoid those hits and, as I said, spin off of them or bounce off of them for extra yards, regain his balance sometimes.

“He’s turned a lot of three-yard completions into 15-yard gains or 10-yard gains where he makes a couple of guys miss in space or things like that. … He can run inside but he’s got good vision and good quickness, and when he gets outside he’s a tough guy to handle in space, and he plays hard. He’s a very aggressive runner. He gets a lot of extra yards on his own. He doesn’t go down easy. He’s a tough kid and he’s got good run instincts. He knows how to gain yards.”