running the ball

Usually, I run the ball pretty well, averaging 6 yards per carry. Unfortunately, today, my friend completely shut down my inside running. I could manage to win the game by passing and running sweeps, but he always locked up my inside zones and dives.

What bothers me is that he didn't bring more than 4 blitzers. He was in Dollar and had his MLB usered right over the DT. He just waited a split second after the snap and ran directly at the HB without anyone blocking him.

So my question is, how do I counter this?

Trick him up a bit with motions

Do a Counter left and motion your FB right,
or bring in different guys to change the pace of the Running, usually that will throw the LBers off, say you have Leon washington that hits the hole like a rocket, if you put Thomas jones the LBers will over persue and flat out miss tackles

Another way to change the pace with One back (If you have only one weapon like Steven Jackson) dont sprint to the whole all the time