Here's some positives and negatives about Dak.
Dak is going to be pretty damn good for us I think. With that said, he's nowhere near ready to start.
In the passing game, Dak appears to be relatively accurate for a redshirt freshman. With that said, he's really got to work on his touch. Every 17ing throw comes out like it's on a rope. That's good for throws that need that, but you have to be able to throw a softer pass for a screen or a fade route. I've also seen nothing that shows me that he actually goes through a progression. The times I've watched him throw, it went to the primary receiver every time.
In the run game, Dak certainly knows how to run, avoid big hits, and get solid yards. Also has good speed. Probably faster than Relf from what I've seen. If we're going to run the zone read though, Dak needs to actually read the DE and not keep it for himself 90% of the time. I've seen too many times where he's been in the game and we've run the read play with the DE running right at him and he still pulls it out of the back's hands and we get a 5 yard loss.
All of this shows me that Dak isn't actually making real-time decisions and decides before the snap on what he's going to do. That will get you far in high school and against subpar defenses in college, but against a solid college defense, they will be able to shut you down and force some mistakes.
Dak will be good for us one day, and the way we use him now works, but if you think we'd be 9-3 with him starting, you're suffering from the usual MSU backup QB dreams.