As far as fans looking in the mirror, I can see a point there. Fans have a way of locking onto one or two things and building entire narratives around them. Then the media reinforces those bogus narratives and the team ends up fielding a bunch of questions about what is frankly, bull****.
Last year Cooper mentions one play where he said he didn't want to run a comeback and fans say, "all they run is comebacks!!! Offense is so predictable!!! Cooper hates the coaches!!! Linehan needs to go!!!"
I don't know how many times fans whined about, "long developing routes," and, "never running slants," etc. You go back and watch the game and you see the slants, you see the checkdowns from those longer routes, and you wonder if these people are watching or understand what they're seeing.
Top it off with sports journalism being the weakest group of journalists (i.e. morons) and it's easy for complete nonsense to take off. Then the players are constantly dealing with stupidity from the media and fans. I can somewhat sympathize with the frustration that can bring.