Is it possible for brake pads to rub?

There is a slow acceleration but definitely no smell and not stopping super fast. ...weird! Thank you for your quick response. :) ---------------------------- ***UPDATED*** The fix to the problem was that the idiot that installed the new pads the wrong way. For this year car, there is an outside and an inside pad. Most cars don't have this but this one does. The outside was installed on the inside and vice versa.