# Keenan Allen may be feeling deja vu in 49ers debut against Cowboys

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/keenan-allen-may-be-feeling-deja-vu-in-49ers-debut-against-cowboys/
- Published: 2026-11-15T13:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-15T13:21:41+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/15/sports/keenan-allen-49ers-debut-cowboys-matchup/
- Topics: Football, Sport, World

## Key points

- Allen faces Dallas again, now with San Francisco.
- He has had only days to learn the 49ers’ playbook.
- Several injured or unavailable receivers increase his expected role.

## Summary

Keenan Allen is set to make his San Francisco 49ers debut against Dallas, just a week after playing the Cowboys for the Indianapolis Colts. The 34-year-old receiver was traded for a sixth-round pick and is expected to take on a larger role while several 49ers receivers are unavailable.

Allen has had only a few days to learn Kyle Shanahan’s complex playbook, which he said left his head spinning. He caught four passes for 26 yards in the Colts’ 27-23 defeat by Dallas last week; the article says only one other player is known to have faced the Cowboys in consecutive weeks after a trade, in 1963. Allen may also miss his usual bye week, extending his season, and says the repeat opponent offers little advantage because San Francisco uses different terminology.

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