Every team event during Super Bowl week, at least until kickoff, is carefully choreographed -- from the team planes touching down at the airport until Sunday's national anthem.

But once in a while even the tightest script written by the NFL -- the best event planners on the planet -- strays unexpectedly. And it can make for a good laugh.

Mike Klis of the Denver Post caught one of those moments as the Denver Broncos arrived at the team hotel, the Hyatt Regency, on the waterfront in Jersey City on Sunday night:

After barreling down the highway from Newark Liberty International Airport with a police escort, the most difficult stretch for the Broncos' buses to navigate was the final 100 yards to their Super Bowl hotel.

Fans had greeted them starting at their downtown exit ramp; a group was there waving large orange towels. The downtown streets of Jersey City were lined with well-wishers, including one guy with a sound system shouting into his microphone, "Here come the Denver Broncos!"

Finally, after inching through the mob that awaited the Broncos in front of their hotel, the buses stopped and Denver football operations boss John Elway walked out of one.

He was immediately approached by a handsome young man wearing a blue overcoat who somehow managed to fight his way through fans, media, security and state troopers.

"Mr. Elway," the man said. "Would you sign this for me?"

Patrick Smyth, the Broncos' media relations director, quickly took control of the situation.

"Sir," Smyth said. "He has to keep moving. He has to meet the mayor of Jersey City."

The young man smiled.

"I am the mayor of Jersey City," said Steven Fulop, 36. "I have here a welcoming proclamation on behalf of Jersey City."

You should have heard Elway cackle. He signed the proclamation and posed with Mayor Fulop for a photo, a sure sign the Denver team that Elway assembled had officially arrived at Super Bowl XLVIII.