THE CHEAP SEATS WITH STEVE CAMERON: Asking a lot, but we can hope, right?

The NFL is boring.

Well, except for Russell Wilson’s national TV interviews and, of course, planned leaks from Mark Rodgers — who happens to be Wilson’s agent.

Rodgers’ leaks tend to match those of the Titanic, so journalists who hear his whispers are more in danger of drowning than getting the story wrong.

But I’m getting off topic here.

When I refer to boring, I’m talking about the games — not the thrills of battling for a free agent, or calling in worldwide economic experts to explain some salary cap argument.

That’s all great stuff, if it happens to be your cup of tea.

Me, I’d like to see some exciting football games.

And that’s why I’m hoping NFL owners — who are not exactly a gang of wild and crazy guys – might break down this year and allow a couple of rule changes.

The owners are meeting the last week of March, and they have a chance to add a few goosebumps to their sport.

I know that’s asking a lot, but we can always hope.

THE ONE potential change that’s been kicking around (aaargh, bad pun) for two or three years has to do with replacing the onside kick.

That desperation move by teams trailing late in games used to have a tiny hope of success, but then the league — in a move designed to improve player safety — ruled that the kicking team must have an equal number of players on each side of the ball.

Yes, that might have made guys on the “hands team” a little less likely to rupture a spleen, but it also made the onside kick pretty much a useless exercise.

So, first the Broncos two years ago, and now the Eagles, have officially proposed a rule change that would a team trailing in the fourth quarter to decline the onside kick attempt and, instead, be allowed to run one fourth-and-15 play from their own 35-yard-line.

Or 25-yard line.

Or…

Wherever, once the rule is tweaked before it’s ever adopted.

The NFL is actually listening to a proposal that would allow teams to try the fourth-and-15 gamble more than once per game.

You’ve got to admit, it would add some spice to things.

Last season, teams were 4-for-31 on fourth-down attempts of 15 yards or more, a conversion rate of 12.9 percent.

They were 3-for-67 on onside kick conversions (4.5 percent), so the fourth-and-15 attempt has a much higher chance for the team desperately rallying to keep the ball.

And that’s the whole idea, making the game’s conclusion a bit more dramatic, right?

I’m all for it.

A FEW other rule changes are being debated, as well.

One that seems pretty obvious would make roughing the passer a reviewable play.

Now, I admit that making any truly subjective call “reviewable” can be asking for trouble (recall that awful experiment with pass interference). but roughing the passer has a fairly strict set of standards.

The reason to make it reviewable is that the call is down to one official (the referee), and on some plays, the ref can get blocked off from a clear view of contact on the quarterback.

So…

Why not look at it again, from various angles?

There are also ideas floating around regarding overtime, and they’re heading in all directions.

For instance, the idea of going back to “first score wins” is being discussed — a plan discarded in 2012 because it made a coin toss so critical to the outcome.

Here’s an idea that has some support, but I can’t imagine it will ever see the light of day.

In this OT scenario, the team that wins the coin toss picks a yard line, say, the 15.

The other team them decides if it wants the ball on its own 15 — or chooses to play defense on the opponent’s 15.

What fun!

A lot of second-guessing would pop up with that rule, kids, so it probably won’t happen.

Why can’t I be commissioner for a year or two?

Email: scameron@cdapress.com

Steve Cameron’s “Cheap Seats” columns appear in The Press on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. “Moments, Memories and Madness,” his reminiscences from several decades as a sports journalist, runs each Sunday.

Steve also writes Zags Tracker, a commentary on Gonzaga basketball which is published each Tuesday.