All player arrests are not treated equally, Nick Saban said Tuesday morning live on ESPN's SportsCenter.

Three days after the third Alabama football player was arrested this summer, Saban discussed how Alphonse Taylor's DUI differs from Cam Robinson and Hootie Jones' drug/weapons arrest.

"I think when you have a DUI, what makes it significantly different is you've put other people in danger by the choices you have made and the decision you made," Saban said live in ESPN's Bristol studios. "So that, to me, is a little more serious in terms of what we need to do. I would like to look at what we're doing with Alphonse Taylor, not as a punishment, but as a treatment of what we need to do help him be a better player, to be a better person, to make better choices and decisions in the future. And I think that will help him the most."

Saban was later asked about negative reaction to his decision not to suspend Robinson and Jones from the season opener. Prosecutors in Louisiana opted not to pursue the case against the two players.

"I think those circumstances are completely different and I think the statement that I made about when you chose to do this and you put other people at risk, that makes it in a different category and that's why this situation is being treated differently," Saban said. "But we treat every situation differently with the players based on their history, what they've done and the facts.

"I would hope that people think that, as coaches, we don't make these decisions based on winning games, which I think we sometimes get criticized for. We make these decisions based on what's best for the players and their future and what we can do to help them so they have a better chance to be successful in life."

As for Taylor, Saban said Monday he was suspended indefinitely after an early Sunday morning arrest. It's unclear what that means for his status in the Sept. 3 opener with USC.

"Well I think we have better depth in the offensive line than we've had for several years now," Saban said. "So we have some capable players. They'll all get an opportunity to compete and we'll just have to see what happens."