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More than a numbers game

The Bengals took their 2015 team picture Monday and no one knows if it going to be an Instagram of immortality or infamy, which is why they play the games. And why when they call it a numbers game, it is, instead, always about the people.

Veterans and rookies.

People like Chris Carter, the fifth-year linebacker who won a job after moving on from two other teams. He couldn’t stop smiling wearing No. 51 after a career he has worn No. 54 in Pittsburgh, No. 53 in Indianapolis, and No. 56 here last year. Not to mention No.