Bears are in love with Ezekiel Elliott, according to Ezekiel Elliott

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Could there be a romance budding between the Bears and the top running back in this year's NFL Draft?

The connections between the Bears and Ohio State's Ezekiel Elliott have been well outlined: Bears running backs coach Stan Drayton was Elliott's running backs coach at Ohio State.

And while the Bears might not have a glaring need at the running back position — they appear to be ready to hand the keys to the starting gig to Jeremy Langford after not bringing back Matt Forte — it would be mighty hard to pass up Elliott, who ran for 3,699 yards and scored 41 touchdowns over the past two seasons with the Buckeyes.

And according to Elliott, the Bears are certainly interested. In fact, interested might be putting it lightly. Here's an exchange from Tuesday's interview with Elliott on the Dan Patrick Show.

DP: "If I said to you, tell me the team you think is in love with you, would you be able to tell me? Like truly fallen in love with you. Do you have one of those teams?"

EE: "I think the Chicago Bears."

DP: "They're in love with you?"

EE: "I think they are."

Well. If we're taking Elliott's word for it, it sounds like the Bears would definitely be interested in selecting the running back with the No. 11 pick.

But here's the question: Will Elliott make it all the way to the No. 11 pick? That remains a total mystery. Some mock drafts have Elliott going as high as the top four picks, while Josh Norris' latest mock draft at Rotoworld has the Bears passing on Elliott and the Ohio State product falling all the way to No. 14.

The good news? We won't have to wait long to find out. The first round comes Thursday.

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