Jets coach: Leonard Williams is ‘on the upside’

Jets fans may be running out of patience with Leonard Williams, but his position coach had nothing but praise for him Tuesday.

Defensive line coach Andre Carter said Williams is having a strong season despite having no sacks.

“I’m proud of Leo,” Carter said. “Leo had come in and we talked about his style of play and how he wanted to continue to get better. He’s on the upside. I’m so proud of him and how he’s developed his game. Granted, the sacks aren’t there. If you look from overall stats, he’s affected the quarterback 10 times in the past three games.”

Carter said he judges his players on getting 6-8 “factors” a game. Those include a tackle for loss, a quarterback hit, a quarterback…