Seahawk safety Steven Terrell prepared to make a name for himself as Earl Thomas’ replacement

First things first.

The last name of the Seahawks’ new free safety is pronounced TAIR-ull and not tuh-RELL.

“It’s a common mistake,’’ Steven Terrell said this week. “I get both all the time. It doesn’t bother me.’’

It’s a name, though, that Seahawks’ fans suddenly need to know as the 26-year-old Terrell will step in for the injured Earl Thomas — and this time, for the rest of the season, unlike his earlier one-game fill-in at Tampa Bay.