RENTON — When Nick Bellore says he will do anything he can to help the Seahawks win this season, he means it (almost literally) more than most.
Bellore, a 30-year-old free-agent signing this offseason, is the rare NFL player who has considerable experience in all three phases of the game — offense, defense and special teams — and he has done all three in his first Seahawks training camp.
His roots are on defense. He was a standout middle linebacker at Central Michigan, and it was as a linebacker with the San Francisco 49ers in 2016 that he had his most productive NFL season, posting 77 tackles with one interception, one sack and one forced fumble in a career-high 10 starts.