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In my opinion once he muffed the kick he established possession.
A good parallel is if the same thing happened along the side lines. He muffes it out of bounds. Do you penalize K or establish 1st and 10 for the R at the out of bounds spot?
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A muff does not establish possession by definition -- A muff is the touching or accidentally kicking of a loose ball by a player in an unsuccessful attempt to secure possession.
As to the parallel 6-1-8 states that a free kick out of bounds "untouched" by R is a penalty.
No parallels there.