PHOENIX — Jets wide receiver Eric Decker did some recruiting this week.

Decker spent a few days in Arizona with Broncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas, his former teammate and close friend. The two filmed a commercial for Courtyard by Marriott, and during some downtime, the topic of Thomas joining Decker with the Jets came up. Thomas is scheduled to become a free agent in March, though the Broncos are expected to either re-sign him or apply the franchise tag to him. If not, Decker thinks Thomas would look good in green.

“I’ve been pushing for the entire year now,” Decker said in a telephone interview with The Post. “It was just another opportunity to talk to him about it. It’s going to be interesting to see what happens. I think it would be tough for Denver to let him go. So whether they franchise-tag him here in the next month or give him a long-term deal, he’s just one of those premier players in this league. If he happens to make it to free agency, I would love to sign him because playing alongside him for four years and especially the last two years made it a lot of fun and made it a lot easier. He’s just one of the great players in this league.”

Decker made the move from Denver to New York last year and experienced a rocky first season with the Jets. The team went 4-12 and never found an offensive identity. Decker injured his hamstring in training camp, an injury he tweaked again early in the season, slowing him down.

The 27-year-old finished with a team-high 74 catches, the most by a Jets receiver since 2007, for 962 yards and five touchdowns. His best game came in the season finale in Miami when he had 11 catches for 221 yards and a touchdown.

“It was tough,” Decker said of his first season with the Jets. “There was a lot of ups and downs. Ultimately, I kind of learned a lot about myself just going through all that. For me, it was just disappointing in myself. I really felt like the hamstring and the leg issue held me back early on and kind of slowed my development with the offense down.

“It was obviously disappointing to have the record we had. Just looking at the first half of the season, there was so many games whether we were winning in the Green Bay game or just a couple of plays away — New England, Chicago, Denver — there were games when we had chances. It’s the little things that stopped us from winning games in the fourth quarter. Those great teams that go to the playoffs, they find ways to win games. I think all that is figured out by not just personnel, but the little things throughout training camp and every day throughout the season. I definitely look forward to amping it up this year and making sure we do everything right and we’re disciplined with all the little things.”

In Year 2, Decker will be adjusting to a new coaching staff. The Jets won’t be back together as a team until April, but Decker has already spoken with new coach Todd Bowles.

“I just kind of introduced myself,” Decker said. “I told him I’m excited to work with him. I’m excited to turn this thing around. Just talking to a couple of guys that have played on the same team as him, it just sounds like he’s the guy. He gets a lot of respect from players and coaches across the league. I’m excited to have him and to get to work this offseason.”

Decker is spending the offseason at home in Tennessee, but he said he expects to work with quarterback Geno Smith at some point before the Jets return to New Jersey.

“I would expect once March gets closer, we’ll try to find time to zero in and get a weekend or a couple of weekends to run some routes and get the timing down,” Decker said. “I think it’s important. We’ll have an early minicamp as well, so just to get in that football shape will be important.”

Decker said he does not know much about what new offensive coordinator Chan Gailey’s plans are, but he has heard about Gailey from Chiefs receiver Dwayne Bowe, with whom he shares an agent. Bowe had one of his best seasons in 2008 when Gailey was his offensive coordinator.

Decker is hoping his old buddy Thomas might be learning the Jets offense beside him. The two teamed up this week to film a funny ad for Courtyard.

“Demaryius and I dressed up as Courtyard associates and were trying to play some jokes on people, but ultimately surprise them with Super Bowl tickets to the game,” Decker said. “We had a lot of fun doing it. We had some really good reactions. It was just a lot of fun to partner up with Courtyard and do this.”