A look at the winners and losers in a crazy cutdown weekend for the Patriots:

WINNERS
Safety Jarrad Page: The 6-foot, 225-pound Page was really unhappy with the Chiefs, requesting a trade over the summer after it became increasingly apparent that youngster Eric Berry was going to eat into his playing time. The 25-year-old, who signed his restricted free agent tender with Kansas City this past Friday, got his wish with a deal to New England, and arrives with a rep as something of a playmaking safety — he has 10 interceptions over four seasons in the NFL. Not sure where he fits in right now on the depth chart, but he likely will take most of the snaps in place of Brandon McGowan, who went on season-ending IR over the weekend with a chest injury.

Linebacker Dane Fletcher/defensive lineman Kyle Love: The two undrafted free agents beat the odds and landed on the 53-man roster, making the roster ahead of more established guys like Eric Alexander (who Fletcher likely edged out for the final inside linebacker spot). A 23-year-old out of Montana State, the 6-foot-1, 237-pound Fletcher was the defensive MVP in the Big Sky last fall, when he registered 17 tackles for loss. A defensive end in college, he projects as an outside linebacker at the next level. Meanwhile, the 23-year-old Love is a 6-foot-1, 310-pounder who played in 44 games at Mississippi State and finished with 71 tackles, including 34 as a senior.

Offensive lineman Nick Kaczur: Back surgery can be a very scary thing, especially for a 31-year-old offensive lineman, but Kaczur — who reportedly underwent the procedure earlier this summer after an early injury — has apparently not landed on injured reserve as a result, which could mean he has a real chance at playing this season. That figures to be terrific news for a Patriots’ offensive line that’s paper-thin behind the starters — small wonder that many of the second-team offensive linemen (the group who almost got Brian Hoyer killed in the preseason finale last week) were part of Saturday’s cuts.

Outside linebacker Shawn Crable: The man of 1,000 lives. The 25-year-old Crable, who spent most of two seasons on injured reserve with a variety of ailments (shin, back, groin), was waived at the start of training camp. Nobody picked him up, but it turns out he’ll get another shot with the Patriots because they added him up as a practice squadder on Sunday. The 6-foot-5, 243-pounder, who was a pass-rushing force as a collegian at Michigan (he had 17 sacks with the Wolverines), could provide some help for a New England pass defense that has struggled to get consistent pressure on quarterbacks since the start of the 2009 season.

Wide receiver/defensive back/special teamer Matthew Slater: A fifth-round pick out of UCLA in 2008, the 6-foot-0, 198-pound Slater was likely one of the last — if not the last — player who made the roster. However, there were a couple of things in his favor, including his offseason work (he was one of the award-winners for attendance at the offseason conditioning program) and his extraordinary willingness to do just about anything to make the team. In his brief time in New England, he’s served as a defensive back, wide receiver and special teamer (including as a return man and a gunner) in his time with the Patriots. (He recently joked that if he was asked to play right tackle, he’d do his best Jackie Slater impersonation — a shout out to his father, who is a Hall of Famer at the position.) “The more you can do, the more you can do for us,” has been a longtime mantra with New England, and that certainly appears to be the case when it comes to the 24-year-old Slater.

LOSERS
Linebacker Tyrone McKenzie: The 24-year-old McKenzie, a third-round pick out of South Florida in 2009, suffered a knee injury that wiped out his rookie year. But he opened training camp this year as one of three legitimate candidates to start on the inside next to Jerod Mayo. And early on, it looked like McKenzie was doing his part to make it a real competition — in one early camp session, he delivered a goal line hit on running back Laurence Maroney that was one of the most impressive of camp. But as the summer continued, rookie Brandon Spikes continue to emerge as a real force, and McKenzie’s time dwindled. He survived the first day of cuts, but was released on Sunday. He does have practice squad eligibility, so he could ultimately return to Foxboro.

Linebacker Pierre Woods: Woods, 28, was signed as an undrafted free agent in 2006 and spent the last four seasons with New England working mainly as a situational linebacker as well as on special teams — In 52 NFL games, he has registered 62 special teams tackles. He was also a positive locker room presence, and one of the biggest Cleveland Indians fans to have ever suited up for the Patriots.

Linebacker Derrick Burgess: The 32-year-old former Pro Bowler, who was acquired prior to the 2009 season for a third- and fifth-round draft pick, recorded five sacks in his only year with New England. While he showed improvement over the course of the season (he had three sacks in the last four games) and signed a one-year deal with the Patriots this past spring, he was absent through the first two weeks of training camp. (He later said he had to deal with some personal issues.) And when he did get on the field this summer, he struggled, looking overwhelmed on several occasions. Despite the fact that the Patriots have had major issues when it comes to getting pressure on opposing quarterbacks, Burgess was let go.

Wide receiver Sam Aiken: The 29-year-old Aiken — last year’s special teams captain — caught 20 passes for 326 yards and two touchdowns last year. The first sign this summer Aiken might have been in trouble came when safety Pat Chung started to take the majority of reps at the punt protector spot, a position that was held primarily by Aiken last season. Even though Aiken’s chances improved slightly when veteran wide receivers David Patten and Torry Holt were removed from the picture. It appears that the final wide receiver spot came down to Aiken and rookie Taylor Price, with the Patriots deciding that Price, while not having the same level of special teams experience, would be better in the passing game. (Price does have some special teams experience as a returner, and worked there occasionally this preseason.)