In January, after Chip Kelly was introduced as the 49ers’ head coach, Jed York was asked what would happen if Kelly went 8-8 in his first season.

The question was a reference to Jim Harbaugh, with whom the 49ers “mutually” parted after he went 8-8 in 2014.

Would York fire Kelly if he had a break-even record?

“Look,” York said, “Chip’s going to be here for a long time. Period.”

Ten months later, Kelly has no chance to get to .500. That was assured after the 49ers fell to 1-9 Sunday with a 30-17 loss to New England that extended their losing streak to nine, tying a 38-year-old franchise worst.

In light of his record, Kelly was asked Monday if he’d received any assurance from York that he would remain the head coach in 2017.

“No,” he said. “We haven’t had any conversations about that at all. About anybody’s job security.”

Kelly then asked the reporter who posed the question if he expected to have his job next year. When told that might depend on the reporter’s upcoming performance review, Kelly said they had something in common.

“That makes two of us,” he said. “… We’re all in the same boat.”

Kelly doesn’t figure to earn a five-star review after the regular-season finale Jan. 1, but it’s fair to wonder if having a horrendous season with the roster he inherited is a fireable offense.

On Sunday, it sure sounded as if Kelly was referencing some of his subpar passing-game personnel in his postgame news conference. As he noted the difficulty of trailing by multiple scores early in the fourth quarter, Kelly said the 49ers weren’t “good enough to throw it every down” and didn’t have a receiver capable of attracting double coverage with Torrey Smith sidelined.

Was it a slam on the team constructed by general manager Trent Baalke?

Kelly termed the suggestion “ludicrous” during an appearance on KNBR on Monday morning before he handled a similar line of questioning at his formal news conference hours later.

“I’m not concerned with perceptions. It’s just we’re not a team that’s going to throw the ball 60 times a game,” Kelly said. “That’s just not how we’re built. We’re built to run the ball, play-action pass off the run game. That’s what I meant. However people perceive that is entirely up to them.”

Most people perceive Kelly is working with an underwhelming group of wide receivers. On Sunday, their five included three players who weren’t with the team Aug. 28 (Jeremy Kerley, Rod Streater, Chris Harper), a rookie sixth-round pick with two receptions (Aaron Burbridge) and Quinton Patton, who has 66 catches in his four-year career.

Baalke signed Smith to a five-year, $40 million deal last year, but otherwise has not placed a high priority on the position. Since taking over the draft in 2010, he has selected just one wideout — 2012 first-rounder A.J. Jenkins — before the fourth round.

“It’s just overall the way our team is built,” Kelly said. “We’re built to run the football. I mean, (running back) Carlos (Hyde) is the main focus of what we’re doing offensively. We have a running quarterback that complements him. And our play-action pass complements that.

“When we’re running the ball successfully and play-action pass off that, we’re very successful as a football team. But to think we’re going to go into a game and throw the ball 60 times and win, that’s not a game plan for success for us.”

Of course, no team plans to throw 60 passes. But decent teams are capable of doing so when they fall behind late in games, a quality Kelly has said the 49ers are lacking.

“I would love to be a team that could throw the ball 60 times a game,” Kelly said. “And I would love to be a team that could run the ball 60 times a game.”

The 49ers aren’t there yet and, at this point, it’s not certain Kelly will be with them if they ever assemble such an offense.

Eric Branch is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: ebranch@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @Eric_Branch

Biceps injury ends Reid’s season

Safety Eric Reid, who has missed one game in his first four-plus seasons in the NFL, will miss the final six games of 2016 because of a biceps injury he sustained in Sunday’s 30-17 loss to the Patriots.

Reid, 24, said on social media that he wouldn’t be able to play again this season and couldn’t do arm curls for four months because of his injury.

Reid, a 2013 first-round pick, had 62 tackles, five pass breakups and an interception this season. Jaquiski Tartt, a 2015 second-round pick, is expected to start in Reid’s place Sunday when the 49ers visit Miami.

In May, the 49ers picked up the fifth-year option for 2017 on Reid’s contract. He will earn $5.67 million next season.

— Eric Branch