Does this photo capture Travis Kelce's last dose of Dutch courage before marriage: After all the wild lengths Taylor went to hide wedding... one image seems all too human

No one could say for sure that this was 's ride to the wedding of the century... in which he was the groom of the hour. 

But on a weekend when he and have gone to almost obscene lengths to conceal their plans from the eyes of the world, it certainly looked like a rather human glimpse of Kelce when he thought no one was watching.

Leaving from the service entrance of Manhattan's swanky Ritz-Carlton hotel, it looks as though Kelce may have taken a page out of Kansas City Chiefs head coach 's playbook, by running a trick play on the one-yard line. 

For while other guests were being bussed out the front of the hotel, the man who looked a lot like Kelce chose to leave in the shadows, hidden behind blacked-out SUV windows and taking a well-needed swig from a hip flask before being whisked away.

And if it was indeed him, it wouldn't be the only cloak-and-dagger tactics employed over the wedding weekend.

The couple's representatives would not confirm a date or location of the event beforehand, later announcing in a brief statement issued on Friday evening that the couple had married. 

The Daily Mail was the first to report in April that wedding planners had  (NDAs) along with their save-the-dates to more than 1,000 guests who had to sign before receiving the actual wedding invitation.

For added security, each invitation was individually watermarked using the guests' first and last names, written repeatedly across the design, making any leaked invite instantly traceable.

Multiple sources told the Daily Mail that Swift and Kelce also kept their loved ones on a 'need-to-know basis' to prevent leaks, with the bride and groom's mothers, Andrea Swift and Donna Kelce, kept in the dark about the wedding prep.

The Daily Mail also exclusively learned that on-site security went a step further by requiring everyone in the wedding reception venue to wear a tracking device.

'When they give you a wristband, they take your picture and the wristbands could be tracked everywhere in the building,' the source explained, 'They can see where you are; must have an RFID [radio-frequency identification] or something,' they added.

Arriving guests were also given QR codes in order to check in, before their phones were confiscated to prevent photo leaks. 

Even the NYPD were not immune to the heightened security measures, with officers assigned to work the celebration told they were not allowed to have their cell phones on the premises.

One guest inadvertently gave a glimpse into the strict instructions as she struggled to get into the event, showing security a message on her phone which appeared to read, for 'emergency communication needs during the event, there will be phones available. Please make sure you have written down any phone numbers you may need.'

One guest inadvertently gave a glimpse into the strict instructions as she struggled to get into the event, showing security a message on her phone which appeared to read, for 'emergency communication needs during the event, there will be phones available'