 Herremans was benched in favor of Nick Cole for the opening drive of the week 14 game against the New York Giants on December 9 due to undisclosed disciplinary reasons.During the Eagles' bye week, he underwent arthroscopic knee surgery to fix a cartilage problem he had dealt with for a long period of time on October 2.He was, however, able to play in the week six game against the New York Jets the following week.