1996-2006 NFL teams averaged 25.3 fumbles/year
2007-2016 NFL teams averaged 21.7 fumbles/year
A few individual teams (no time to do all of them)
Indy: 96-06 = 19.5
07-16 = 17.2 -2.3 (DOME TEAM, current numbers would be WAY lower if Manning was still there because Luck fumbles like crazy)
NE: 96-06 = 24.7
07-16 = 16.7 -8.0
Balty: 96-06 = 29.5
07-16 = 20.6 -8.9
The rule change Brady AND PEYTON MANNING lobbied for was the preparation of the footballs. They did not like the factory finish that came with a "new" football so they wanted to scuff and use the football before game day to give it a more "used" feeling. You can clearly read all of this in this NY Times article.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/03/sports/football/03football.html
The only player admitting to ball deflation in this article is David Carr....it helped his career greatly.
Clearly shown by the numbers, Baltimore was aided in the rule change more than the Patriots.
But what you do, and most haters do, is ignore numbers from other teams and just try to GLARINGLY point out HUGE Discrepancy's with New England's numbers without even bothering to check other teams numbers. Pretty typical. You also fail to see who is fumbling, as is the case this year. The guys that touch the ball the most are still in line with what they have been historically at, but the newbies (rookies) and special team guys who never touch the ball have a harder time holding on to it...shocker.
This is why people don't want to debate with someone that has blinders on so.....Carry on.