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Wide receiver Mike Evans will miss his third consecutive game, but Deebo Samuel is expected to return for the 49ers on Sunday.

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The 49ers fully cleared Samuel to return for the team’s Week 10 game against the Dallas Cowboys. He has not played since Oct. 11, when he sustained a hamstring injury in a Week 5 win over the Seattle Seahawks.

The 49ers should get a further boost at wide receiver with the addition of veteran Keenan Allen, who will make his San Francisco debut after arriving in a midweek trade from the Indianapolis Colts.

“He’ll have a role,” 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said of Allen.

The 49ers acquired Allen at a time when the team has experienced an abundance of injuries at wide receiver. That list includes Evans, who left the Oct. 19 game against Washington due to Achilles tendinitis.

“It’s been going well,” Shanahan said. “I’m sure if this was the last game or something, he’d be able to go out there. But we’re just trying to make sure it fully heals so it doesn’