Lions teammates wear Jack Campbells jersey during arrival for Dolphins game after scary injury

The Lions look to be fully embodying their new mantra even before kickoff on Sunday.As the players made their way into Hard Rock Stadium, they each sported a No.

46 Jack Campbell jersey in honor of their teammate who suffered a horrific neck injury a week ago.Defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard told the media Thursday that the Lions have adopted a new motto: “Play like 46.”“So, the theme has been let’s prepare and play like 46,” Sheppard said.

“Every day I wake up, ‘What would 46 want me to do today? Would he want us to sulk and feel sorry?’ I can guarantee y’all know Jack.Absolutely not.“He’ll be pissed off if he found out guys are crying and guys are like, about him,” he went on.

“That’s just his makeup and that’s what makes him the person that he is.So, that’s what we’re doing.

And everything we do, every meeting I told the unit, every walkthrough, every play, you all know how Jack prepares.You all know how he plays.

The way you honor him is to wipe those tears from your eyes and make sure we prepare and play like him.So, that’s the theme moving forward to this week.”During the fourth quarter of the Lions’ 19-15 win over the Vikings, Campbell tried to tackle Minnesota tight end TJ Hockenson when his neck and back seemed to crunch.The four-year linebacker was then put on a stretcher and rushed to a local Detroit hospital in an ambulance as players from both teams grew emotional on the field.Campbell provided an update on Wednesday in a statement through the Lions, in which he said he has “full movement” in his lower body and is “continuing to make progress with movement in my upper body.”He added he is “very optimistic” for his future.Based on the information that has been made public, a spine surgeon told The Post that Campbell could be dealing with central cord syndrome.“I’m incredibly encouraged by the progress I’ve made in such a short period of time,” the 26-year-old said.

“I have full move...

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