Bill Belichick joined The Big Show for his weekly visit and in Part II of their conversation, the coach talked about the Patriots matchup with Buffalo Sunday.

[To hear the complete interview, visit The Big Show audio on demand page]

Here are some highlights:

On Buffalo’s Ryan Fitzpatrick who was just named the starting quarterback

We’ve seen him in the past. Smart guy, good arm, athletic. Seems like his team has a lot of confidence in him. Seems like he handles his team well on the field.

On whether a team can get a spark from replacing its QB

Sometimes there’s something to be said for telling your team, this is who our starting quarterback is this week and take whatever doubt or conversations or opinions or whatever on your team, just take that out of it.

That can solidify things on your team. That can be a positive thing when you tell everyone, ‘This is our guy.’

Who are their playmakers on offense?

Lee Evans of course. He’s their home run hitter. They’ve got three good backs with [Fred] Jackson, [Marshawn] Lynch and [C.J.] Spiller. [Roscoe] Parrish is their returner, receiver, very elusive and hard to tackle. They’ve got a really good group of skill players.

What’s your scouting report on CJ Spiller?

Good returner, fast guy. Very good in space and open field. Decent power, not a real power runner, but he runs hard, breaks tackles and is a very athletic. Everybody has to be at the point of attack even if he starts one way he can come to the other side and turn nothing into something in a hurry.

On Buffalo coach Chan Gailey

His last year in Kansas City he ran a lot of the ‘Pistol’ offense with [Tyler] Thigpen. In the opening game last week against Miami, Buffalo ran that Pistol offense and kind of sprang that on Miami. So, he’s got some variations and variety with what he does offensively. He’ll throw some wrinkles at you.

On Buffalo’s special teams

They’re very good in the kicking game. They always have been. That will be a big point of emphasis for us this week. It is really week. Scott O’Brien does an excellent job preparing the players. We’ve had good production in the kicking game. Not perfect, but good. That will be a big emphasis this week.

On Stephen Gostkowski’s missed field goal

Every time we send that team out there it’s to score points. If we don’t score, no one’s happy. We have to do a better job of converting those scoring opportunities. It’s a team thing. Certainly a lot of that falls on his shoulders as the kicker, but it’s a team thing in terms of timing and protection and so forth.