To add to the answer aboveAdditionally - Riker's statement when they learn they won't be involved in the battle is also indicative:
"Your past experience with the Borg makes you the perfect man to lead this fight"
The other captains (and given the damage to the fleet, it is possible that some captains have died and there are lower ranking officers in command) would know that as well and defer to Picard's experience also.
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