MIAMI – Robbie Gould has enjoyed a remarkable second season with the Bears, setting a slew of records, making his first Pro Bowl and being selected first-team All-Pro.

But all of those honors would pale in comparison to kicking the game-winning field goal in Super Bowl XLI, a possibility that the 24-year-old has been contemplating this week in Miami.

Second-year pro Robbie Gould is the first Bears kicker ever voted to the Pro Bowl.

“You just have to know that it could come down to that,” Gould said. “As a kicker, you live for that moment, you live for that dream. It’s the biggest there is. If it comes down to that, you’ve got to be ready for it.”

Gould set Bears records in 2006 with 26 straight field goals, 24 consecutive field goals to start a season, 22 straight games with at least one field goal and an 88.9 field goal percentage. The Penn State product is the most accurate kicker in team history, having converted 53 of 63 tries (84.1 percent).

“He’s unbelievable,” said holder Brad Maynard. “You would think the guy is a 10-year veteran. It’s like he’s been here before. He doesn’t get caught up in any of it. He focuses on what he has to do. He’s a guy beyond his years.”

Gould’s mentality was molded in part by his Super Bowl counterpart, Adam Vinatieri, when they were briefly teammates with the New England Patriots in the summer of 2005.

“That’s a guy I talk to all the time,” Gould said. “He’s just said that I had a great year, I should enjoy the ride, and as far as the Super Bowl is concerned, live it up. You might never get back.”

Test run: Gould, Maynard and long-snapper Patrick Mannelly worked out at Dolphin Stadium Wednesday morning to acclimate themselves to the field conditions.

“I’m glad we went to get those guys focused in on what it’s going to be like in the middle of the field kicking so that pre-game’s not the first time they’ve done that,” Mannelly said. “The field’s unbelievable. The field and the facility are great.”

Good impression: The quarterback with jersey No. 18 stalked up and down the line of scrimmage, gesturing wildly to his receivers and running backs before ducking under center. Peyton Manning? Nah, it was Bears third-string quarterback Kyle Orton imitating the Colts superstar for the scout team in practice.

“I do whatever (defensive coordinator) Ron Rivera wants me to do,” Orton said. “I just try to go with the ball where they think the ball’s going to be going. (Manning) is such a great play-action guy, so that’s good practice for me trying to imitate him. If I can imitate him, I’ll be making myself a better football player.

"I’ve actually had a lot of fun this week trying to play like him a little bit and trying to make myself a better player.”

Orton, who played at Purdue during Manning’s early years with the Colts, didn’t feel that he needed to study tape to replicate the Indianapolis quarterback.

“I’ve watched him play for a long time,” Orton said. “I don’t need to dissect film of him. He’s a great player. I think he’s the best football player in the league, I really do. He’s certainly the best quarterback. He’s got skills that nobody else has and he does things that nobody else can do.”

Clamming up: Thursday morning’s 90-minute session with the media was the last one for Bears players, though coach Lovie Smith will conduct his final pre-game press conference Friday.

Being able to concentrate on football is a welcome relief for many of the players, who practiced for the second straight day Thursday at the University of Miami in Coral Gables.

“It was good to get back to work and kind of what we know: playing football,” Mannelly said. “Monday and Tuesday were probably the longest two days of a game week I’ve ever had. So it’s good to get back to work.