It's obvious that LE has asked him to stop trying to play out from the back when we're under attack. He's decent at doing that at best. More of a no non-sense defender right now. This has more to do with LE tactics that him being "better" than Bartra (who is WAY too similar to Pique atm). He needs to provide defensive cover like in the first half of the season. If so, we'd finally have a back line that we can count upon.
Will be interesting how we look at CB's next season. After all, we're getting a new player.