Revis says Beckham needs to “step up to the challenge”

Darrelle RevisOne of the best cornerbacks in the NFL will face one of the best receivers in the NFL twice this year, as the Jets and Giants prepare for an annual preseason game and a once-every-four-year regular-season battle of New York/New Jersey/whatever. And at a time when Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr. realizes that he’ll be a target in 2015, Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis agrees — but believes Beckham can overcome it.

“He just has to step up to the challenge,” Revis said Wednesday, via Dom Cosentino of NJ.com. “He’s one of the best receivers in the league. He definitely is maybe a target for coaches to game plan, or maybe slide the coverages over his way, or maybe a safety, or maybe…