Arash Markazi: LA Wildcats look to use XFL as a springboard to NFL
LAS VEGAS - Pepper Johnson is still getting to know his players but he recently told them he hopes many of them are gone next year.
Johnson won two Super Bowls as a player with the New York Giants and three more as an assistant coach with the New England Patriots. He played for Bill Parcells and coached under Bill Belichick.
As the defensive coordinator of the XFL's Los Angeles Wildcats, who begin play in February, Johnson's dream is for his players to be in the NFL one day.
"Hopefully at the end of the season we're standing on
