EAST RUTHERFORD, N. J. — Sunday in Seattle, New York Giants rookie wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. will likely line up across from Seahawks All-Pro cornerback Richard Sherman, one of the best shutdown cornerbacks in the NFL.

If the rookie is experiencing any stage fright, he’s managing it very well.

“These are the games you live to play for, the moments you live to play for, to go against the best of the best, to go against Richard Sherman, the Seattle Seahawks and the (Legion of Boom),” Beckham said on a conference call.

“To go against all those guys, why not? Why not embrace that opportunity? Why not take the challenge, accept it and face it?”

Well for starters, Sherman has allowed opposing quarterbacks to complete 50 percent of their targets against him for 245 yards and one touchdown, making him Pro Football Focus’ fourth-best cornerback in coverage through the midpoint of the season.

Beckham, the 12th overall pick in this year’s draft out of LSU, has 18 catches for 262 yards and three touchdowns. He acknowledges this will be a tough test.

“He is one the best in the league, hands down, so I expect nothing but the best,” Beckham said. “That means we all have to be on our A game (on Sunday).”

Sherman, though is human, and Beckham, while paying his respects to what Sherman has accomplished in his career, is not about to crawl into a corner trembling in fear.

“I am never going to back down from anyone,” Beckham said. “He has some experience. He is a big, athletic guy that wants to press at the line.

“Those are all things he does well, so you have to try to find, as few as there are, you have to try and find those weaknesses that he has. At the end of the day, it is football. You have to go out and play football and give it your best.”

Giants quarterback Eli Manning believes in his rookie receiver and said that he has been impressed with what Beckham has shown so far since returning to the field in Week 5.

“I think Odell Beckham has done some really good things. He has shown he can make a lot of plays for us, learning the offense, and moving around in a lot of different spots,” Manning said.

“I think he is up for whatever challenge is thrown at him and he is still growing as a player, but I think he definitely does some good things and we need him to keep getting better and keep making plays for us.”