Why Kyle Shanahan apologized to Maxx Crosby at 49ers-Raiders practice

HENDERSON, Nev. — The first time 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch met Maxx Crosby, things did not go well. It was during a pre-draft meeting in 2019, and the 49ers had a new defensive line coach, Kris Kocurek, who was still playing by his old team's rules. On Thursday, Shanahan apologized to Crosby after the first day of joint practices featuring the 49ers and Las Vegas Raiders. "He came up and said, 'What's up?' " Shanahan said of Crosby. "I wanted to apologize to him because we were kind of (expletives) to him." Shanahan said Crosby is "one of the coolest dudes I've been around." And, apparently, he handled a potentially awkward situation with aplomb more than four years ago. "It was Kris Kocurek's first interview and he had been at some other places where they liked to kind of attack the guys a little bit, rattle them," Shanahan said. "That's not totally our style." Crosby was the 49ers' first interview with a defensive lineman that year. Crosby, a prospect from Eastern Michigan, would end up going to the Raiders in the fourth round. Crosby has become one of the best edge rushers in the game, a two-time Pro Bowl player with 37.5 sacks in four seasons....