Steve Sarkisian is leaving his post as Alabama's offensive coordinator to take the same job with the Atlanta Falcons. It's sort of fitting because Sarkisian's Crimson Tide offense ran into a wall in the fourth quarter of the national championship game in a way that bore some similarities to the Falcons' historic collapse against the Patriots in Super Bowl LI.

If Alabama's offensive stagnation in the College Football Playoff can be pinpointed to a single event, it was probably when Bo Scarbrough left the game in the third quarter after breaking a bone in his right leg. Thereafter, Crimson Tide running backs only touched the ball four times and Sarkisian's playcalling seemed rudderless, salvaged only by improvisational heroics from Jalen Hurts.

With Sark out the door to the NFL, former Alabama offensive lineman Alphonse Taylor took the opportunity to twist the knife in.

Make sure yall let em know y'all have more than one running back https://t.co/TlA4L1LGD7 — Alphonse Taylor (@SHANKK50) February 7, 2017

As it happens, the Falcons do have two good, young running backs in Devonta Freeman and Tevin Coleman. They only carried the ball 18 times during Super Bowl LI.

Taylor didn't play in the national title game, having been sidelined since October after suffering a concussion. He started all 15 games of Alabama's national championship season in 2015.