How much impact does the NY media have on NY teams?

[BWebb]

This is something I've thought about before but has resurfaced with the unravelling of the Giants. Using the Giants as an example, even before the Tennessee game you would have thought the season was over. Even though they played Chicago close (very shorthanded on defense, which is what made them lose it late) and lost to Jax (who needed the win far more and was at home), it was like they were on the verge of playoff elimination, not in first place. Now with the loss to Tenn, the [censored] has really hit the fan (compare to Dallas loss to Washington, which wasn't a huge story for that long).

Anyway, this was a long way to get to my general question: Do NY teams have to be better than other teams to achieve the same amount of success? Would a 85 win Yankee team moved to Seattle win 90 games there? Or does the NY media have no effect on the performance of the local team?

IMO, it just seems the scrutiny and constant presence would have to have some sort of negative impact on their peformance. Also, I think it might have more of an impact on football teams rather than baseball as football is more of a 'team' sport.