Darcy shone in the Bulldogs' thumping 20.12 (132) to 8.12 (60) win over St Kilda on Thursday night, on return from almost eight weeks out with a knee injury.
The 21-year-old kicked 3.2 from 19 disposals, had 11 contested possessions and took four contested marks despite close checking from the Saints' defenders.
"He was pretty good, Darc. Obviously they paid him a fair bit of attention," Beveridge said.
"It's something that he's going to have to deal with week to week, I think.
"As long as he's just treated like every other key forward, that's all that matters, but he fought through that."
Darcy gave away three free kicks and received three himself.
"It's difficult when you're in so much physical contact to ... stay disciplined and give no free kicks away and all that sort of stuff, especially when you're not getting any yourself," Beveridge said.
"So he needs to just sort of temper that.
"I thought he was pretty good in the ruck, too, when he went in there, so he's had a good night, a good return. He prepared well."
Beveridge's comments come a fortnight after Gold Coast coach Damien Hardwick accused St Kilda's defenders of "manhandling" his forwards.
Pressed on whether the Saints' tactics against Darcy had been unfair, Beveridge declined to elaborate.
"It is what it is, so we'll just keep working through that," he said.
Darcy's return helped the Bulldogs kick their highest score of the season against St Kilda, with fellow key forward Aaron Naughton (three) also among the spread of 13 goal-kickers.
The Dogs improved their record to 7-6 ahead of a clash with lowly Richmond next week and are widely considered to be a premiership threat.
But they have struggled against the better sides this season, losing six of their seven games against rival teams who sat in the top eight entering round 14.
"Ultimately we're middle of the pack," Beveridge said.
"We know Sam will help but we've still got to spread the load, and that will be our mandate week to week now."
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