Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh knows a thing or two about good quarterbacks and was a big fan of Chicago Bears signal-caller Mitch Trubisky coming out of this year's draft.

“He liked him coming out,” said Harbaugh's brother John Harbaugh, via Patrick Finley of the Chicago Sun-Times. “You know I did talk to him about the quarterbacks — I always do. And he thought very highly of him.”

Let the speculation begin.

The connection between Harbaugh and the Bears goes back quite a ways. Chicago used the 26th overall pick on Harbaugh in the 1987 draft and he spent seven seasons in the Windy City before making stops with the Indianapolis Colts, Baltimore Ravens, San Diego Chargers, Detroit Lions and Carolina Panthers before becoming a coach.

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Following successful stints at the University of San Diego and Stanford as a head coach, Harbaugh helped lead the San Francisco 49ers to a Super Bowl appearance following the 2012 season before departing the bay area to take over at Michigan.

One NFL reporter called the Bears a "dream job" for Harbaugh back in December and with the Bears mired in another losing season under John Fox, some will start to speculate that the Michigan head man could be interested in a return to Chicago.

At this point, Bears head coach John Fox appears to be on thin ice, meaning the team could be looking for a new coach next offseason. Trubisky is the building block of the future for this organization and his progression will be key. Harbaugh has had success grooming quarterbacks in the past and his affinity for Trubisky would clearly be viewed as a positive.

As of right now it may be a pipe dream for Bears fans to have Harbaugh manning the sidelines in 2018, but anything could happen before the start of next season.