Patriots-Lions preview: Pats face existential questions in Munich
FOXBORO — When the Patriots take on the Lions Sunday in Munich, they’ll do so just about a day’s drive from the birthplace of 19th-century philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. He’d have a field day with this team as it faces existential questions about its identity and its place in the NFL universe. “What does not kill me,” Nietzsche might tell them, “makes me stronger.” Not a bad reminder in light of the drubbing the Patriots took a week ago. If experiences need not be…