but changed the rules in the 2000s to help the Patriots (Brady Rule).
The Brady rule was the lunging from the ground at the knees of the QB. You probably mean the Carson Palmer rule which was in place before that.
While that rule would help passers like Peyton Manning, it also helped Brady, so I don’t see how that was anti-Pats. Again, if anything, it was anti-Steelers as much as anti-Pats. And both the Carson rule and Brady rule helped the Pats.