I think there is a slight difference there.
Take the example of the crazy 27-bench Dozer McCarthy from the OSFL, mentioned earlier. This was a guy that had ho-hum, but not bad, combines across the board and a bench that was about as good as it possibly gets. He wasn't just some Power Inside specialist, he was a solid creeper that rose across the board -- and the decent combine plus the extreme outlier cemented that. Goes back to this:
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The chances of a guy with similar extreme outlier numbers in at least one category being worthless are very low.
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So yes, do look for big-time outliers as indicators of guys who are simply good all around. On the other hand, Malcpow is pretty spot on when he says about the QBs, "even one score outside the constraints can be a bad sign." I think this applies similarly to other positions, maybe not to the same extent. A mid 7.4s guard, for example, who had a very weak dash score -- the agility was red and easily in one of the top brackets, while the dash was green. This guy was not a creeper and just a pass blocking specialist.
The disagreement is just that the chance isn't very low. Even with an extreme outlier, look for other signs to make sure you are actually getting something special and not a one-trick pony. Neither of which would be really bad, I guess -- although if the one-trick pony is a WR with massive courage or an OL who has nothing but BS, those are cases where the utility is going to be pretty limited.