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Rams kicker Harrison Mevis grew up in northern Indiana, a few hours from Soldier Field in Chicago.

Cold weather? Wind?

Mevis, who used to shovel snow off his high school field to practice, is accustomed to it.

“It’s backyard football,” Mevis said this week as he prepared for Sunday’s NFC divisional-round playoff game against the Chicago Bears.

Mevis and the Rams special teams are expected to play a key role in the matchup between the No. 2-seeded Bears and the No. 5 Rams in a game that could be played with temperatures in the teens and a wind-chill of less than zero degrees.

The Rams signed Mevis in November to replace Joshua Karty, and he made 12 of 13 field-goal attempts and all 39 extra-points. Mevis kicked two field goals and four extra points in the Rams’ 34-31 wild-card victory over the Carolina Panthers.

Mevis, who performed in school at Missouri, famous that because of the anticipated climate, the ball is perhaps tougher and may not journey as far as it will in hotter climates. And then there may be the wind.

Before and during warmups, Mevis said he would assess the wind and targets to kick toward. He will do the same at halftime.

But he received’t overthink it in the second.

“Just play your ball and slice the wind and spin it to win it,” he said. “That’s kind of the deal.”

The Carolina recreation also included a blocked punt by the Panthers that set up a landing. The Panthers took benefit of a blown blocking task by the Rams for the turnover.

Interim particular groups coordinator Ben Kotwica and punter Ethan Evans said the issue was correctable.

Evans, also the holder for field-goals and further factors, said the windy circumstances in Charlotte, N.C., helped put together him for gusts that are anticipated Sunday.

No major modifications are vital, he said.

“Field goals have got to go through the uprights, punts got to go outside the numbers with good hang time and kickoffs got to get on the ground just like any other game,” he said.