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Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez settle trivia, and discuss the possibility of Lions trading for Jalen Ramsey and what it would take, Sept. 18, 2019. Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press

New Detroit Lions running back Paul Perkins doesn’t know much about his new offense. Actually, he knows less than that.

“I know nothing,” he said Wednesday. “I just got here yesterday and we just started stuff today."

But Perkins, whom the Lions claimed Tuesday one day after the New York Giants waived him, does know this much about the offense: He likes it.